in the laboratory

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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Samples collected from patients are being analysed in the laboratory, which could give a better picture about the strain and why the infection has been more invasive.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Samples collected from patients are being analysed in the laboratory.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Further tests will investigate how the bacteria grows and behaves in the laboratory.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

These recreated versions, known as ancestral enzymes, were then produced in the laboratory and tested directly.

From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026

“You will work in the laboratory after dinner. Every night. Even Sundays.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

in the laboratory

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