lab

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noun (1)

Lab

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noun (2)

Lab

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abbreviation

Labrador

Examples of lab in a Sentence

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Noun
As Rolling Stone has previously reported, Trump administration officials have considered everything from sending in special-ops soldiers to assassinate cartel leaders to using drones or other military aircraft to conduct air strikes on cartel infrastructure and drug labs. Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025 This is no longer a lab experiment or a product for early adopters. Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 The new office has five patient rooms, two labs and spaces for physician and dietitian consultations. Jim Owczarski, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025 His university contracts with several Internet providers, but the broadband in his lab is still intermittent. IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 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

Time Traveler
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 19 Aug. 2025.

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lab

noun

Medical Definition

lab

noun

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