Examples of serial number in a Sentence
the serial number of a computer
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Where the movie’s true eccentricity comes in is in its combination of breezy comedy with shocking brutality and gore, perhaps most exemplified in an oddly casual moment in a morgue where Seagal and Wayans find a clue in the form of a serial number on a dead woman’s breast implant.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026
It’s then tested and assigned a serial number by an employee.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
In April 2022, the ATF issued a rule decreeing that ghost guns had to conform to the same regulations as regular firearms, including carrying serial numbers and requiring background checks.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 June 2026
The gun — which did not have a serial number and was therefore untraceable, a kind of weapon known as a ghost gun — was not loaded, police said.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026
It’s then tested and assigned a serial number by an employee.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
In April 2022, the ATF issued a rule decreeing that ghost guns had to conform to the same regulations as regular firearms, including carrying serial numbers and requiring background checks.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 June 2026
The gun — which did not have a serial number and was therefore untraceable, a kind of weapon known as a ghost gun — was not loaded, police said.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for serial number
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“Serial number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serial%20number. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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