laid by

past tense of lay by
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid by
Verb
  • This country has basically discarded them.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In his work, Fifield-Perez’s interdisciplinary practice centers the materiality of paper ephemera, everyday self- documents discarded after having fulfilled their purpose.
    Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One camp might have moldy walls and machinery stored inches from a sleeping area.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Some food was stored on the floor in the freezer, there was no soap at one of the hand sinks and food debris was found on the outside of some of the equipment.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The season will detail 10 different cases, including a Las Vegas journalist ambushed outside his residence, a body dumped in a NYC tunnel, and a mission to discover the identity of a victim found in the East River.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Here, they’re treated like sweet potatoes or cabbages, dumped by the dozen into large plastic bags, or piled into car trunks waiting for sale.
    Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The anglers quickly stashed it in a large on-deck cooler.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Prep the syrup ahead and keep it stashed in the fridge until party time.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On a recent morning, sweaty workers unloaded cargo boats by hand, carrying crates of beer, sacks of rice, and bags of flour on their shoulders 100 yards up the muddy riverbank to trucks waiting on the wharf.
    John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Early on, Paul unloaded on Cena with some punches to the gut in the corner.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In 2010, retailer Gap ditched its decades-old blue box logo for a more minimalist design.
    Ali McCadden, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In January, the insurer ditched its traditional pharmacy benefits model, dropping CVS Caremark for third-party pharmacy benefit manager services except specialty drugs.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Presumably, this is because those players lost their ‘development’ period — their early teenage years — to the war.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Eastern Washington lost its opening game last week and has not had a winning season since 2021.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gallatin, Tennessee — More than 250,000 animals are hoarded in residences across the United States each year, according to the Animal Humane Society, and they are often left to suffer in horrific conditions.
    Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • All around him, there is misery and hoarded wealth, work and little love.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Laid by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20by. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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