laid down

past tense of lay down
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid down
Verb
  • The government of Javier Milei, Argentina’s far-right leader, has enacted a controversial plan to defund the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), which is the country’s national film body.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Other countries have already enacted rules tougher restrictions on AI.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Morales and her son were reunited at noon, the Times reported, and a few hours later, the area was declared safe by police.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There is no faster poison than despair declared permanent.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While the company hasn't specified what these cost, a single PLS is possibly priced at around $650,000, going by previous vehicle orders and delivery figures.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In no event will Sponsor be responsible for awarding more than the number of prizes specified in these rules.
    Vogue, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Three years later, Hastings relinquished that post and moved on to become the company's executive chairman, elevating Greg Peters into his spot as co-CEO.
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Bring the Paine The only thing Paine liked less than monarchical rule was its enablers, anyone who relinquished their freedom willingly to an aspiring tyrant.
    Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the farms, which are traditionally passed down to men within a family, have been abandoned.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The state of Ohio has already passed a law requiring schools to notify parents of certain things, including if their student requests to be identified as a different gender.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gandy asserted a cumulative injury to multiple body parts, with the idea that wear and tear over his 15 seasons gradually worsened his health.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The intensity that once defined her on the track is still present, but in a different form.
    Jason Jones, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • If the peace holds, the region could enter a new era defined less by conflict than by the possibility of transformation, including the rebuilding of a post-Hamas Gaza and the normalization of Israeli relations with Saudi Arabia.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Amezcua, the mayor, said the raids have complicated local policing and rendered parents afraid to pick up their children from school.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But Gremlins' Kingston Falls is just as cozily rendered.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Laid down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20down. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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