lab

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noun (1)

Lab

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noun (2)

Lab

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abbreviation

Labrador

Examples of lab in a Sentence

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Noun
Until that point, there will be 11 on board the orbiting lab. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025 Growing muscles in a lab usually means a liquid medium to supply nutrients and oxygen to muscle cells seeded on petri dishes or applied to gel scaffoldings. Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2025 Without reciting the entire lab report on what has the market under the weather, like most corrections this one has a composite of causes. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025 For instance, does the tool streamline complex lab workflows, give access to otherwise expensive technologies or enhance data sharing? Kristofer Mussar, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lab

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

circa 1868, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lab was circa 1868

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“Lab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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