- present tense form of identify (3rd person singular).
identifies
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It also requires analysts to use machine learning to analyze and detect risks, including through AI-powered “anticipatory threat intelligence,” which identifies trends or patterns of potential threats before they come to fruition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
This method divides the temperature record into separate periods and objectively identifies when the rate of warming appears to change.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
At best, this book identifies several constellations of environmental factors that I believe provide a large part of the answer to Yali’s question.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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