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date of birth
noun phrase
: the month, day, and year a person was born : birth date
Give your full name and date of birth.
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Name, address, date of birth, age, driver’s license number, passport number, photograph, the signatures appearing on a government ID card, medical cannabis cards, transaction histories, and other personal information.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
That includes addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and bank account numbers, according to the filing.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
To verify your age and identity, the casino requires your name, date of birth, address, and the final four digits of your Social Security number.
—Matthew Gover, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Those who want to apply must provide evidence of ownership, Social Security number and date of birth.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
With identity theft, someone has assumed your identity by stealing your personal information, such as your name, address, date of birth and Social Security number to fraudulently open accounts in your name.
—Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
However, Natalia denies this ever occurred and detailed the struggles of living on her own as a child — whose date of birth, following medical tests and DNA analysis, was legally restored to 2003 — in a rare interview with PEOPLE in January 2025.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
But a medical examiner's death certificate lists a man with Baena's name and date of birth dying at a residence in Hollywood.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
And in December, a new law in Vietnam came into effect on Christmas Day that requires tech giants operating in Vietnam to verify users’ accounts via their phone numbers or Vietnamese identification numbers alongside their full name and date of birth.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 3 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1789, in the meaning defined above
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“Date of birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20of%20birth. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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