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Examples of serial number in a Sentence
the serial number of a computer
Recent Examples on the Web
This required that even unfinished parts, such as the frame or receiver of firearms, include serial numbers and require background checks to be sold.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Any identifying marks — serial numbers or other clues that showed who had supplied the weapons — had been carefully scraped off.
—Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
Its serial number had been scratched off, records state.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
Detailed trace data in the leak provides the make, model, serial number and first point of sale for weapons recovered at crime scenes in Mexico.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
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“Serial number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serial%20number. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
serial number
noun
: a number showing place in a series and used as a means of identification
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