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
Transformative technologies, such as the satellite-Internet system Starlink, have also emerged from its labs. David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 Claims included wild stories about secret U.S. germ warfare labs or Nazi conspiracies or that Ukrainian refugees were committing crimes and taking jobs from people who had welcomed them. David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2024 Ale is getting laid off from the freeze lab when Elizabeth seizes on him, a potential helper. Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024 That year a Miami Beach detective reviewing the file sent the towel to Miami-Dade’s police crime lab. Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024 Florida, because it's considered as a a lab of some kind of [inaudible 00:14:25], uh, uh, government, with Ron DeSantis policies. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024 Each of the winners will participate in a lab, receive funds and be connected with reproductive justice leaders as mentors. Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024 The company got its start as a project within nonprofit AI research lab EleutherAI, worked on by two of the three founders — Louis Castricato and Nathan Lile — plus Synth Labs advisor and EleutherAI executive director Stella Biderman. Rachel Metz, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024 These firms also sponsor research in academic labs, join industry affiliate programs and routinely hire university inventors as consultants. Carol Mimura, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

circa 1868, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1925, in the meaning defined above

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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 19 Mar. 2024.

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