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serial number

NOUN
unique identifying number
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Video showing the debris began circulating on social media Monday, showing Yemenis gathered around the body of a missile, the lights of their mobile phones shining across its fins, motor and serial number.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The department said Sun, the contractor, would use hair dryers to remove and stick labels and serial number tags to the server boxes and dummy servers, which were captured on surveillance cameras.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

Each bears a unique serial number and since 1950, winners have been prohibited from selling them on the open market without first offering them back to the organization for one dollar.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

“There’s no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat,” Burroughs said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

A doctor started an IV, while a nurse tried to question the infantryman for his name, rank, and serial number.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge



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