lab coat
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Throw on a lab coat, spark a Bunsen burner, and stay close to the eyewash station, but hopefully it won’t come to that.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
“His charm and stature in meetings of scientists and nonscientists let him explain complicated science to sports folks and then put on his lab coat and work on carbon isotope ratio analysis.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
To appreciate Anscombe’s quartet, let’s slip into the lab coat of a scientist.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2023
Upon further investigation, Ms. Harper encountered a woman in a lab coat and two others wearing plastic gloves and blue surgical masks packing pregnancy tests for shipping.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
My science teacher is wearing a lab coat with her name sewn on it.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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