identifier
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When a child is adopted in the UK, their NHS number - or equivalent health service identifier - is changed to protect their anonymity.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The way it works is guests’ faces are scanned, converted into a numerical identifier and matched with ticket data.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
That dollar amount served as a unique identifier in a separate disclosure table showing OBDC’s valuation methods for different categories of Level 3 investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
The artist’s last name is written in block letters along one edge, but there’s some confusion over whether the artist or the school added it later as an identifier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
In the spot where the identifier should have been, there were instead a censor’s thick black box and the words “I.D. Temporarily Removed from System.”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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Since the public rolls don’t include voters’ unique identifiers, people at the lab also knew linking them to HSI’s data would produce mismatches — what the staffer called an “ungodly” number of false positives.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
These patterns act as unique optical identifiers that are difficult to replicate, making them useful for anti-counterfeiting and traceability applications.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
"Just seeing an Asian American, her struggle with her family and expectation, there's a lot of identifiers there that we take with us," Christine says.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
When we entrust digital platforms with our biometric data, we hand over unique, irreplaceable biological identifiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
The regime then assigned identifiers on the cover of the cards.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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