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laboratory

[lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-, luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree] / ˈlæb rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈlæb ər ə-, ləˈbɒr ə tə ri, -ə tri /
NOUN
testing room
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"It's very expensive, but they have all the facilities. In village schools, the teachers are on election duty, and there's no library or laboratory."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

I don’t think they expected youth sports to be a laboratory of athletic development.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Researchers cannot directly observe the interiors of these ice giants, so they depend heavily on laboratory experiments and computer models to reconstruct the extreme conditions beneath their surfaces.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Under controlled laboratory conditions, this means the nanorobots can effectively "clean" microscopic environments.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

I was in Alexandra’s laboratory instead of at school, and I was just saying out loud everything I saw her do or felt her feel.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Letting state laboratories of democracy experiment is a good start at reform.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

As a result, quantum materials can perform remarkable tasks in carefully controlled laboratories, but they are difficult and expensive to use in real-world devices.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Test results can take anywhere from several weeks to a few months depending on the complexity of the case and the workload of forensic laboratories.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Britain's national laboratories — the government-owned sites and expert teams that build and run the country's big scientific machines — face the deepest squeeze.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

He sent some tubes of frozen serum to laboratories for testing—to the National Institute of Virology in Sandringham, South Af- rica, and to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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