Examples of lab/laboratory rat in a Sentence
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The plan, broadly speaking, is to try self-fertilization in tobacco—the crop equivalent of a lab rat—and then in rice.
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Jack’s father is, in an excellent set piece, slowly manipulated by Facebook’s algorithm into a sort of MAGA lab rat.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Back in the early 20th century, doctors would inject samples of a woman’s urine into a lab rat to test for pregnancy, no kidding!
—Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2023
The history of the lab rat dates back centuries, and the sequencing of the rat genome in the early 2000s means rat research is providing more insight than ever.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2023
Both sets of rats also had the option of eating standard healthy lab rat fare.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2010
Humans have known about hamsters’ affinity for alcohol since at least the 1950s, when scientists in Texas found that hamsters could outdrink the common lab rat.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2021
Ricci’s Wednesday spent her time building guillotines, using her brother as a lab rat for various experiments, and taking on any all-American blonde Girl Scouts in her path.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2022
Arabidopsis thaliana, the lab rat of plant science).
—Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Jack’s father is, in an excellent set piece, slowly manipulated by Facebook’s algorithm into a sort of MAGA lab rat.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Back in the early 20th century, doctors would inject samples of a woman’s urine into a lab rat to test for pregnancy, no kidding!
—Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2023
The history of the lab rat dates back centuries, and the sequencing of the rat genome in the early 2000s means rat research is providing more insight than ever.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2023
Both sets of rats also had the option of eating standard healthy lab rat fare.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2010
Humans have known about hamsters’ affinity for alcohol since at least the 1950s, when scientists in Texas found that hamsters could outdrink the common lab rat.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2021
Ricci’s Wednesday spent her time building guillotines, using her brother as a lab rat for various experiments, and taking on any all-American blonde Girl Scouts in her path.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2022
Arabidopsis thaliana, the lab rat of plant science).
—Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
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“Lab/laboratory rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab%2Flaboratory%20rat. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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