bar code

Example Sentences

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The Montreal resident uses an app called Nuj that has him scan the bar code on a shampoo bottle in his bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

For ticket inspections and to pass through barriers, the app will generate a bar code to scan.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

The machines scan the bar code on the back of the membership card, showing the membership record, including photo and status.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

The 30-ish Londoner at the center of McCarthy’s sparse debut is almost heroically bland; if a bar code were a person, it would be this man.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

Supermarkets in Denmark have experimented with adding a second bar code to packages of meat.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan