identify
verb (used with object)
to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of.
had identified
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past perfectof identify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Earlier research had identified the boundary, but its meaning remained unclear.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
German media reported Wednesday that police had identified two Russian suspects linked to the attempt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The problem the Supreme Court had identified just three days earlier had now disappeared.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
She said all construction the GLO had identified has since ended.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
It had been twenty months since he and Joe Kennedy had identified element 94’s alpha signature in their microscopic sample.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
