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

Unflattering references to the technology liken the process to a supermarket checkout - where your face becomes a bar code.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

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

That DNA will act as a kind of minuscule bar code, nestling amid the puffy fibers as they are shuttled to factories in India.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

This food had never worn a label or bar code or price tag, and yet I knew almost everything there was to know about it.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan