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identifies

  • present tense form of identify (3rd person singular).

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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