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laboratory

[lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-, luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree] / ˈlæb rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈlæb ər ə-, ləˈbɒr ə tə ri, -ə tri /
NOUN
testing room
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In 2023, the company spun off its clinical development business, formerly known as Covance, to create two publicly traded entities and hone its focus on laboratory services.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Labcorp, for its part, works with big names like Amazon Web Services to use AI in research and streamline laboratory operations.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

His laboratory conducts fundamental research on exotic particle-matter interactions while developing new positron-based experimental techniques for applied physics.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

A toxic additive was also found in similar jars seized by police after laboratory tests in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the police statement said.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

He and his colleague Charles Sumner Tainter went to work in Bell's Washington laboratory, using their own ideas and input from other scientists whom they had contacted by letter and telegram.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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