Examples of vial in a Sentence
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The hours and vials, so many things sealed, opened and tested.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
The ‘Wild West’ of ketamine prescribing While the science behind ketamine is murky, the business model is clear: Physicians can purchase ketamine for less than $100 a vial and charge $500 to $1,500 per infusion.
—Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023
Zhu’s lab in Reedley first raised eyebrows in 2022, when a local code enforcement officer discovered it was stocked with vials of blood, jars of urine and about 1,000 white mice living in sullied containers.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
But children require smaller vials of the vaccine than adults.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
Hundreds of unmarked hypodermic needles spilled out of the surf that afternoon, accompanied by vials and prescription bottles, along a 50-mile stretch of New Jersey beaches during peak tourist season.
—Jeremy Greene, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2023
The resulting genetic material is kept in two vials in her studio, as well as in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.
—Evan Moffitt Daniel Terna, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Disinfect the stoppers of both vials with alcohol prep pads.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
The star’s sperm cells were quickly scooped up via glass pipettes, deposited into individual vials and transferred to the aquarium’s lab where they were cryogenically frozen.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
The ‘Wild West’ of ketamine prescribing While the science behind ketamine is murky, the business model is clear: Physicians can purchase ketamine for less than $100 a vial and charge $500 to $1,500 per infusion.
—Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023
Zhu’s lab in Reedley first raised eyebrows in 2022, when a local code enforcement officer discovered it was stocked with vials of blood, jars of urine and about 1,000 white mice living in sullied containers.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
But children require smaller vials of the vaccine than adults.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
Hundreds of unmarked hypodermic needles spilled out of the surf that afternoon, accompanied by vials and prescription bottles, along a 50-mile stretch of New Jersey beaches during peak tourist season.
—Jeremy Greene, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2023
The resulting genetic material is kept in two vials in her studio, as well as in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.
—Evan Moffitt Daniel Terna, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Disinfect the stoppers of both vials with alcohol prep pads.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
The star’s sperm cells were quickly scooped up via glass pipettes, deposited into individual vials and transferred to the aquarium’s lab where they were cryogenically frozen.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
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Kids Definition
vial
noun
vi·al
ˈvī(-ə)l 
: a small container (as for medicines) made usually of glass or plastic
Medical Definition
vial
noun
vi·al
ˈvī(-ə)l
: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
called also phial
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