How to Use serial number in a Sentence

serial number

noun
  • The serial numbers were found to be scratched off the weapon.
    Houston Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The serial number showed that the weapon had been stolen from a pawn shop in Texas.
    Vic Ryckaert, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2020
  • The serial number on the weapon had been scratched off.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Bring in the make, model and serial number of the bike.
    Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • It is identified by the small star to the right of the serial number.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The school has serial numbers for all of the Chromebooks.
    Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • On one side was the stamp of the handgun’s unique serial number: YZC020.
    Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The winner had to match the last digit on the bill’s serial number.
    Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 7 May 2021
  • The last four digits of the bar’s serial number are 1344.
    Teri Webster, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The horn should have a low serial number; the older ones, people say, are the best.
    Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The serial number matches the one on the gun box found in his Terre Haute apartment.
    CBS News, 2 June 2018
  • The page does a have feature to look up the serial number based on your email and home address.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Each wafer had a serial number and was tracked at every step through the line.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
  • His caller agreed and asked Mr. May to read out the serial numbers.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018
  • The serial number on the side of the gun was scratched and unreadable, police said.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The serial numbers on the AR-15s were defaced, Williams said.
    Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • At least one of the $20 bills had a serial number that matched a bill taken from the Credit Union 1, charges say.
    Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2019
  • To top it off, the carbon-fiber airbox is etched with the serial number 001.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Two of the guns had serial numbers that matched guns stolen from the Crosby business.
    Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The mystery didn’t last long, given that the boat had a serial number.
    Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 29 June 2023
  • The aircraft’s name came from its serial number, the last three digits of which were 909.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Then the consumer called the fraudster back and read him the serial numbers for the MoneyPak card.
    charlotteobserver, 16 May 2018
  • Or to find the serial number on my printer, stuffed away in a closet.
    Whitson Gordon, Wired, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The serial number of the second pistol had been scratched off.
    Ruth Bruno, courant.com, 28 June 2018
  • 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
  • The huge transport plane, with its 0968 serial number on the nose, was displayed behind the group.
    Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 3 May 2018
  • You will be asked for the serial number listed on the bottom of your machine.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2021
  • Like a soldier, she has been trained to see herself as her rank and serial number: Wife #1.
    Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2020

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