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
The department said Sun, the contractor, would use hair dryers to remove and stick labels and serial number tags to the server boxes and dummy servers, which were captured on surveillance cameras.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“There’s no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat,” Burroughs said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 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
The superintendent would exchange the old policy for a new one which was identical in color, serial number, and beneficiary, but which carried much smaller payments.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
