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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

To investigate how information about maternal age is passed to offspring, Gribble's laboratory studies rotifers, tiny aquatic animals that reproduce rapidly and are well suited for laboratory experiments.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Newly emerged worker honeybees were then given these diets during controlled laboratory experiments.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

In fact, their only images have been produced under carefully controlled laboratory conditions that tell us more about the experimenter than they do about art.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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

The work also reflects FRIB's larger partnership with national laboratories, which encourages the exchange of knowledge between fundamental research and national security applications.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Coordination with universities and independent laboratories will be required as these organizations provide support for implementing the new policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

What remains that haven’t been scavenged have decomposed to the point where DNA analysis is difficult and all but useless in Gaza, where there are no functioning laboratories able to test and compare samples.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Tris, Nita, and I walk back through the silent, still compound to the laboratories where Nita works.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth




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