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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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A bedroom or a bunker is a plausible laboratory in a way it has never been for previous dual-use technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

ALBANY, N.Y.—Neuroscientist Annalisa Scimemi is in her element at her laboratory, where she works with mice and sophisticated instruments to better understand brain cells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Their experiments showed that the nonlinear Hall effect remains stable even at room temperature, an important step toward practical applications outside the laboratory.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The mouse model was originally developed by the same laboratory in 2015.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

They knew that the air outside was poisonous with radioactivity, and they had in their laboratory the only suit in the world that would protect against it.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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