card reader
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Travelers put their driver’s license into a slot that reads the card or place their passport photo against a card reader.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023
That could have been the fault of the card reader, how your card was inserted or a number of other things, he said.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022
By the time I got my bank on the phone the next morning, my debit card had been used at a gas station for $48.15 and with a Square card reader for $30.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022
Passengers have to tell the bus driver where they are going and tap their card on the card reader.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022
Once again Sydney held her breath as she pressed the ID against the card reader, and once again they were rewarded with the click of a door unlocking.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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