How to Use serial number in a Sentence

serial number

noun
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  • The winner had to match the last digit on the bill’s serial number.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 7 May 2021
  • And because these aren't sold as guns, they aren't engraved or stamped with a serial number.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The model number and serial number are located on a label behind the front cover of the unit.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 8 May 2021
  • Patients and doctors can look up their device by serial number to see if its affected by going to wwwp.medtronic.com/productperformance.
    — Joe Carlson, Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The company will log the gun's serial number and submit a transfer ownership form.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The serial number did not identify the gun as stolen, and police were unable to identify the owner at the time of the report.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 17 May 2021
  • After removing the filter from your vacuum, check for a serial number and test results.
    — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The instrument's serial number reportedly matched that of the one Slyker had lost in the cab nine years earlier.
    — Morgan Smith, PEOPLE.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Prosecutors said serial numbers on the gold bars and fingerprints on tape that bound together the stacks of cash were traced to Hana and Daibes.
    — Seamus Webster, Fortune, 17 July 2024
  • This opens a website that provides information about the AirTag, including its serial number.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The firearm, police said, is untraceable with no serial number and is assembled by different components purchased online.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2021
  • Think of a non-fungible token as a digital bar code or serial number created by an algorithm to give a product legitimacy.
    — Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The weapons make investigating gun crimes more difficult because, without a serial number, police are stripped of the ability to track the guns to the original buyer.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2021
  • With the original digital piece of art locked into the blockchain, the digital asset gets a unique cryptographic serial number that affords the original a form of provenance.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • The serial number on the weapon had been scratched off.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
  • On one side was the stamp of the handgun’s unique serial number: YZC020.
    — Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The horn should have a low serial number; the older ones, people say, are the best.
    — Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
  • To top it off, the carbon-fiber airbox is etched with the serial number 001.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The mystery didn’t last long, given that the boat had a serial number.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • Tap the name of your item tracker, and the serial number and firmware version will appear.
    — José Adorno, BGR, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Your award is made of enamel on silver, and the serial number on the back was hand engraved.
    — oregonlive, 5 July 2023
  • The silencer lacked a serial number, as required by the NFA.
    — Madison Bateman, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Sep. 2021
  • You will be asked for the serial number listed on the bottom of your machine.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2021
  • The report says police found a Glock handgun at the scene with its serial number scratched off.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Meanwhile, Carrie would try to match the serial numbers on the scraps of bills and tape them together.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Its serial number had been scratched off, records state.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • The gun’s serial number was pried off and detectives couldn’t trace where it was last purchased and by whom.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 May 2024
  • In the end, the man was found because of a gun serial number and a background check, none of the high-tech tracking throughout the transit system.
    — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Each AirTag has a serial number and is linked to an Apple account.
    — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Prosecutors said serial numbers on the gold bars and fingerprints on tape that bound together the stacks of cash were traced to Mr. Hana and Mr. Daibes.
    — Larry Neumeister and Philip Marcelo, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2024

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