serial number
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An autopsy report on an Arizona man who died in a crash noted a large shard in his neck that had a DTN serial number inscribed on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Police found a damaged wing mirror casing on the road and traced the serial number to Clarke-Samuel's vehicle.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
“There’s no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat,” Burroughs said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
But collectors and watch scholars have noted that the timepiece in question featured a serial number that dated it to 1965.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
And they came to a shed where a corporal with only one arm and one eye wrote the name and serial number of each prisoner in a big, red ledger.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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