bar code

Example Sentences

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The Montreal resident uses an app called Nuj that has him scan the bar code on a shampoo bottle in his bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Customers use the new postboxes by scanning a bar code on the parcel and dropping it into a drawer - all powered by small solar panels on the top of the box.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

Boards with a bar code next to their serial number or those with a charging port that only has one pin are excluded from the recall.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

How big a portion of our lives are we willing to turn over to a monthly fee and a bar code?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023

As James and Maddie tugged the book back and forth in front of Emily, the bar code waved like a black-and-white flag until it finally got her attention.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman