identified

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The woman and her partner, identified by authorities as Marine R and Marc B, were arrested in Fatima on Thursday.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Her research started after she noticed that one fossil in the museum's collection appeared to have been incorrectly identified as another species, Tylosaurus proriger.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Upon their arrival at the court, the man, identified by authorities as Marc B., had twice shouted "I love you" in French, while the boy’s mother, identified as Marine R., hummed a melody.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

The ongoing outbreak spread quickly before it was officially identified as a deadly Ebola strain by the WHO on May 15.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The ancients did refer to the ‘laws’ of nature when they wanted to say that nature is regular and predictable, but they never identified any particular scientific principle as a law.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton