identifier
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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
It was unclear initially who placed the bet because the anonymous account had a blockchain identifier of letters and numbers.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Furthermore, some critics of Rapid DNA have warned that by probing into a unique identifier that reveals sensitive medical information, the technology is a violation of privacy and civil liberties.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
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
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
Yet the census-wallahs shoehorned Indians who had, says Ms. Truschke, “long used discrete identifiers such as Vaishnavites, Shaivites, Shakta worshippers, Lingayats, Satnamis, Ramanandis, bhaktas, and Brahmins” into one broad category.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Cox identifies subscribers by Internet Protocol addresses, unique identifiers assigned to a home or business, not necessarily an individual.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2025
She plays the tape backward and forward, stops and starts, scribbles down identifiers she missed.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
