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in the laboratory

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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It was used in a programme which involves keeping living human brain tissue alive for study in the laboratory.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Samples collected from patients are being analysed in the laboratory, which could give a better picture about the strain and why the infection has been more invasive.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Further tests will investigate how the bacteria grows and behaves in the laboratory.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Steffen performed the initial isotopic analyses in the laboratory of Tim Conway at the University of South Florida.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

But a few days later he discovered that he had trouble remembering almost every object in the laboratory.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

in the laboratory

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