identifier

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But one key Covid-specific identifier can be a loss of smell or taste.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

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

The U.S. government is no longer issuing identification documents with an “X” identifier, which could impact some intersex individuals, Lorshbough said.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

It serves, so to speak, as an identifier for the body cells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

It is customary for the first identifier to have the species named after him, or any name he chooses, so long as it is not already in use.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly