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
Mexican military destroys meth lab 00:28 A sign was nailed to a post at the entrance of the lab. Isobel Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2025 When Buck asks if there really was a third way at the lab, Chimney admits he’s spent the last two weeks thinking it through without being able to find one. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025 Meanwhile, the uncertainty would leave scientists fretting over how to support their labs and the students and early-career researchers who work there. Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 2 May 2025 May Have Protective Effects Against Cancer Cells Based on in vitro (in a lab; outside the body) studies, MSM slowed growth and induced the death of cancer cells.3 Animal studies have shown that MSM may block the production (making) of certain proteins that support tumor and cancer development. Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 1 May 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 6 May. 2025.

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