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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For years the industry warned that its own creations were too dangerous to ship, going all the way back to OpenAI staging the GPT-2 release in 2019 and withholding the full model over misuse fears, and most of us read the danger talk as marketing wearing a lab coat.
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Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
At just 3 months old, North was gifted several outfits during Paris Fashion Week — including a leather dress from Alexander Wang, a mini white lab coat from Maison Martin Margiela, a custom Bambi tee from Givenchy and cozy menswear-style sweaters and snakeskin slip-ons from Céline.
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Lydia Price,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Dwight materialized out of nowhere, a supernatural mad scientist, beardless and almost unrecognizable in a white lab coat.
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Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
The defendant allegedly refused to wear a lab coat when supervisors were not present.
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Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
At just 3 months old, North was gifted several outfits during Paris Fashion Week — including a leather dress from Alexander Wang, a mini white lab coat from Maison Martin Margiela, a custom Bambi tee from Givenchy and cozy menswear-style sweaters and snakeskin slip-ons from Céline.
—
Lydia Price,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Dwight materialized out of nowhere, a supernatural mad scientist, beardless and almost unrecognizable in a white lab coat.
—
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
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 5 Jul. 2026.
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