serial number

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The text messages also included photos, including one of a Javelin missile system whose serial number matched one that he had signed out from the School of Infantry West, court documents show.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Each bears a unique serial number and since 1950, winners have been prohibited from selling them on the open market without first offering them back to the organization for one dollar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

His has a photo of Paul Mescal as Sir Paul, and on the back has its own serial number.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

“There’s no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat,” Burroughs said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Its serial number was DV-5-2, but that was not very useful.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov