identifies
- present tense form of identify (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Nine percent of the U.S population openly identifies as LGBTQ, double the percentage fourteen years ago.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The antecedent of the opinion’s only masculine pronoun is a hypothetical “biological male who identifies as male,” and the hypothetical counterpart who “identifies as female” gets no pronoun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Introduced in 2009, the framework identifies environmental processes that are essential for maintaining a stable and resilient planet.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
And while this latest study identifies an age threshold associated with the beginning of loss of uterine function, it was unlikely to be absolute.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
She shakes her head, her fingertip fixed on the spot which, in her view, at any rate, identifies the Mary Janes.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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