lab

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noun (1)

ˈlab How to pronounce lab (audio)
: laboratory

Lab

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noun (2)

ˈlab How to pronounce Lab (audio)
: labrador retriever

Lab

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abbreviation

Labrador

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Institutional credit, insurance capital and private capital would support hyperscalers, frontier AI labs and companies building data centers and purchasing Nvidia chips. — CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 Bird remains recovered from airplane strikes, called snarge, are sent to the Smithsonian Institution’s lab in Washington DC, where they are analyzed to determine the species. — Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
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On the institute’s two outdoor patios and throughout its labs and classrooms, kids and parents gathered around interactive stations featuring robotics demonstrations, silk-screen printing, 3D modeling and reptiles. — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 Snails are often slow to breed in the lab, but golden apple snails are an invasive species and thrive in that environment, per co-author Alice Accorsi, a molecular biologist at the University of California, Davis. — ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lab

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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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