laboratory
noun
a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
laboratories
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pluralof laboratory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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However, many earlier investigations took place in controlled laboratories and examined relatively brief periods, sometimes measuring the effects of exercise over a single night.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
At Nepal's two forensic laboratories, both in Kathmandu, experts are working to profile samples and build a database on a scale they have never handled before.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Competition promotes the discovery of what nobody sitting in Washington or even in today’s leading AI laboratories knows to look for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Voluntary standards would primarily raise costs for participating laboratories, government rules could alter competition between companies and jurisdictions, and an enforceable industrywide agreement would have the broadest implications for chip demand and capital spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
And though few realized it, the same thing was happening in laboratories around the world.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
