lab coat
noun
: a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical facility
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Dwight materialized out of nowhere, a supernatural mad scientist, beardless and almost unrecognizable in a white lab coat.
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The defendant allegedly refused to wear a lab coat when supervisors were not present.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Murphy has since been gifted his own miniature lab coat.
—Alexandra Di Palma, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
And then someone rode in with some answers — not a man in a white hat, like a movie hero, but a man in a white lab coat.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
The defendant allegedly refused to wear a lab coat when supervisors were not present.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Murphy has since been gifted his own miniature lab coat.
—Alexandra Di Palma, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
And then someone rode in with some answers — not a man in a white hat, like a movie hero, but a man in a white lab coat.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for lab coat
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“Lab coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lab%20coat. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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