Example Sentences

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Sequencing the virus from an infected passenger on the ship will identify what strain of hantavirus is involved.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The key lesson, they say, is that markets will identify stagflation before economic indicators do.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

If those words mean anything, the school will identify the students who disrupted the event and hand them more than a slap on the wrist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Anyone who’s ever felt like an oddball or unappreciated genius will identify with the misfit Mitchells and their pet Monchi, who appears to be more goblin than dog.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

The yellowish hue and markedly incurved margin will identify the plant.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha