How to Use barcode in a Sentence
barcode
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The trio first assigned each card a barcode.
—John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2026
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The barcodes help track ballots through the mail.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 May 2026
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Any idea on when this hideous barcode-design strip will be released?
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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The model number is printed on the back of the box next to the barcode.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 12 June 2026
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Tear them up or cut through barcodes and printed details so they can't be reused for fake claims.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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At drop-off points, workers can scan item barcodes and see photos of what the item should look like.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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How to create barcode nails at home The best part of the barcode-nails look?
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2026
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The cashier simply scans the barcodes of the goods in the basket and off our consumer goes.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
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Yes, Swiatek is all business on the court, but there’s not need to put a barcode on her dress.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Start with a deck of n cards and list the barcodes of all the cards in the deck’s cold spots in ascending order.
—John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2026
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The new voting process, called the ballot-on-demand system, doesn't use barcodes.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
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Shoppers can scan or tap an item’s barcode to pull up an instant breakdown of nutrition facts.
—Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
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Many grocery chains now require shoppers to log in, scan barcodes or load digital coupons to get the lowest prices.
—Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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And of those distributors, how many of them are ones who use the supplemental barcodes in the red line boxes?
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026
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Short‑read sequencing then identified the barcodes for each circuit design in each group of cells.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
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Gated community residents can text a barcode that their guests present to the guard at the entrance.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
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But the ExpressVote user gets a smaller ballot with a barcode.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
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In addition, each roll starts with a calibration barcode.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
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The machines print a paper ballot with a QR code, a type of barcode, that scanners use to tally votes.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Her family likes the tattoo, mostly because there's a worm that wraps around the barcode as a fun decoration.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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One item was not recognized by Target’s app when Retail Brew scanned its barcode.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Repeat this process to create multiple barcode lines before sealing with a topcoat.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 23 Jan. 2026
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But lately researchers have been developing techniques that use shorter or longer barcodes.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
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Day-use reservation receipts and barcode must be presented while entering the park.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026
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The machine reads the capsule’s barcode to identify the recipe and even recommends the ideal glassware.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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But instead of scanning the can's barcode, Dew whipped out her upper forearm and scanned her tattoo instead — and sure enough, the sale went through.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Daou allegedly tried to explain the situation, and mentioned her husband was still inside the store with the barcode.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
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And store apps that allow customers to scan barcodes to see pricing haven’t seen enough consumer adoption to be a worthwhile solution yet either.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
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But comparing every barcode is time-consuming.
—John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2026
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Once activated with the magnet, these designs appear to move up and down, mimicking the motion of a laser barcode scanner.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2026
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