lab

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noun (1)

Lab

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noun (2)

Lab

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abbreviation

Labrador

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For Mi-kyung ( Lee Sun-bin) any threat to the potato lab is a declaration of war. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 Compassion fatigue is a common experience for lab veterinarians and animal care technicians — the workers who are tasked with day-to-day maintenance work, like cleaning cages, prepping food, and physically examining lab animals. Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025 In the lab, Cortical is assembling these units to construct a first-of-its-kind biological neural network server stack, housing 30 individual units that each contain the cells on their electrode array, which is expected to go online in the coming months. New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2025 The drug is largely made in small Mexican labs and is highly concentrated, U.S. officials say. Mary Beth Sheridan The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 2 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

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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 9 Mar. 2025.

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