- present tense form of identify (3rd person singular).
identifies
Example Sentences
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In practice, according to the federal judge who’s spent two years staring at how it works, it identifies almost nobody.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
It works in parallel with the more well-known Prevent scheme, which identifies potential terror offenders.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The new technique instead identifies chirality directly through ion signals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Nine percent of the U.S population openly identifies as LGBTQ, double the percentage fourteen years ago.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Am I correct in saying, Horace, that paragraph four on page four of your autopsy report identifies drowning as the cause of Carl Heine’s death?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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