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
Process Optimization Whether in a manufacturing environment or in a lab, the optimization of processes can improve efficiency, maximize time and resources, reduce costs, increase productivity and increase agility. Han Hendriks, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 The rural community is also a base for international vaccine developer GSK due to the lab's presence. Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 26 May 2025 To find out, Cohen et al. bought 180 chicken eggs—Costco's Kirkland Signature brand— and conducted their own egg drop experiments in the lab. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025 This approach would not have been feasible even a few years earlier, because of limits on how many lab tests could be done in a reasonable window of time. Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 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 30 May. 2025.

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