laboratory

noun, often attributive lab·o·ra·to·ry \ ˈla-b(ə-)rə-ˌtȯr-ē , sometimes ˈla-bər-ˌtȯr- or ˈla-bə-ˌtȯr- or lə-ˈbȯr-ə-ˌtȯr- , British usually lə-ˈbär-ə-t(ə-)rē \

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Examples: laboratory in a Sentence

Definition of laboratory

plural laboratories

1 a : a place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis

a research laboratory

; broadly : a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study

b : a place like a laboratory for testing, experimentation, or practice

That area is a laboratory for cultivating the germ of terrorism.

2 : an academic period set aside for laboratory work

a course of study requiring two lectures and one laboratory per week

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Examples of laboratory in a Sentence

experiments conducted in a modern laboratory

Recent Examples of laboratory from the Web

Hank’s laboratory, which normally occupies a massive building, can shrink on cue to almost nothing at all, then pop back up to full volume when required.

— joe morgenstern, WSJ, "‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Review: A Sequel With Wings," 5 July 2018
Back at the laboratory, food scientists duplicate different hazards, packing French fries in white paper bags next to cold milkshakes or moist hamburgers.

— rachel abrams, The Seattle Times, "Out of the fryer and into the Uber car: Idaho-based Lamb Weston trying to deliver crispy fries," 3 July 2018
States, those laboratories of democracy, have implemented varying programs to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

— dylan scott, Vox, "How Republican Medicaid proposals restrict access, in one chart," 22 June 2018
According to the Encyclopedia of World Biography, her childhood home had a basement laboratory, where her father tapped into his scientific curiosity, building a telescope and experimenting with electricity and radio waves.

— fiza pirani, ajc, "Who was Virginia Apgar? Google honors trailblazing doctor who saved millions of babies," 7 June 2018
The ship will also have a Test Kitchen restaurant, designed by Concrete Amsterdam, that is made to look like a laboratory, with a periodic table in the entrance and test tubes, beakers and flasks inside.

— chabeli herrera, miamiherald, "Virgin promised its ships will be unlike any other cruise. Here are the first images | Miami Herald," 17 May 2018
The number of women in corporate boardrooms, laboratories, Silicon Valley and, yes, major professional sports, remains woefully small.

— nancy armour, USA TODAY, "Becky Hammon's hiring as NBA coach will send an important message – to men," 11 May 2018
Waymo is housed within X, Google’s high-risk research and development laboratory, which is located a few miles from the main Googleplex campus.

— andrew j. hawkins, The Verge, "Inside Waymo’s strategy to grow the best brains for self-driving cars," 9 May 2018
Students and employees can be exposed to chemicals in laboratories, classrooms and stockrooms.

— diana lambert, sacbee, "CSU failed to ensure safety of students working with hazardous materials, audit says | The Sacramento Bee," 24 Apr. 2018

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