laid down

past tense of lay down
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid down
Verb
  • Kentucky's persistent felony offender (PFO) law, enacted in 1974 and expanded in 1976, allows for enhanced sentences for repeat felony offenders.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The World’s Highest Incarceration Rate Since the state of exception was enacted — and since extended more than 39 times — nearly 90,000 people have been detained.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bower was found by police with a gunshot wound to the head and declared dead at the scene, a police sergeant told Enquirer media partner Fox 19.
    David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Indirect reporting lines must be declared and assessed on a case-by-case basis.
    Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Until now, the administration hadn’t specified which occupations would qualify for the tax cut included in the megabill.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • All terms last four years unless otherwise specified.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Communist Party leaders dismissed the Tibetan leader’s Strasbourg proposal in 1988, in which the Dalai Lama relinquished the demand for full independence and instead proposed genuine autonomy for Tibet under Chinese sovereignty.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
  • She had been relinquished by her owner to another shelter for chronically attacking her own tail.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, the lower chamber has yet to take action since the measure was passed and signed into law in July.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Here are some of the key bills that passed, and others that didn’t.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Blanche asserted as the interview began that the Justice Department had promised Maxwell nothing in return for her testimony.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Oberg asserted that Elmhurst has a connection to the 1933 World’s Fair.
    Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Out went a goalkeeper defined by his reflexes and shot-stopping heroics and in came one to reshape the way United would both defend and attack.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Delivered to a high standard by Thales’s international team, in close collaboration with industry partners, this achievement showcases the quality, openness, and technical expertise that have defined Thales’s approach to the Type 31 delivery – earning praise from the Royal Navy.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • All of this is rendered with stunning ease by his VFX team, in scenes that look like a news bulletin from the apocalypse.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Here, Ne Zha 2 succeeds wildly; locales such as a heavenly city made entirely of jade and a towering, bamboo-verdant waterfall are rendered with genuinely beautiful texture and detail.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Laid down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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