lab

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noun (1)

Lab

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noun (2)

Lab

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abbreviation

Labrador

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Noun
As an overall rule, faculty members in the humanities and the interpretive social sciences — people who don’t need labs or major datasets or large-scale computing power — are the only ones whose costs are actually covered by tuition and endowment payout. Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025 In my 32 years at FIU, students in my courses and research lab originated from dozens of countries; many were naturalized, some were DACA recipients, others here on student visas. Philip Stoddard, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025 When Tiffany’s family sought a private lab to conduct DNA testing years after her death, most evidence was deemed scientifically useless. Alex Gurley, People.com, 12 July 2025 The lab employed 176 people, according to an April 2025 fact sheet. Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 12 July 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 19 Jul. 2025.

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