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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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To test the theory, Fang and Si conducted laboratory experiments using a thin layer of water driven by electromagnetic forces.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Volunteers surreptitiously carried blood samples out of Mambasa for testing at a government laboratory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Few laboratory tests have been carried out, mainly due to a lack of resources in the DRC.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

They emphasize that laboratory studies will be needed to confirm the observed relationships between gut bacteria and neurodevelopment.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

It was, in fact, a laboratory, with a lot of equipment at one end that I didn’t understand at all then—bottles and shiny metal things and black boxes with wires trailing from them.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien




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