serial number
Example Sentences
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When a rare bottle has a serial number to trace its origin, a buyer on the secondary market likely won’t see it until the purchase is complete.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“There’s no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat,” Burroughs said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
The unique serial number on the bank note was the authentication he needed to ensure he was handing the cash over to the right person.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
But collectors and watch scholars have noted that the timepiece in question featured a serial number that dated it to 1965.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
And they came to a shed where a corporal with only one arm and one eye wrote the name and serial number of each prisoner in a big, red ledger.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
