LAID ON Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

laid on

verb

past tense of lay on

as in applied

to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

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as in employed

chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

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Linebacker Rashan Gary had a sack, and finally applied noticeable pressure on a quarterback for the first time with the team.

— Mac Engel October 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026
But under New York criminal law — which will be applied here — this is not the definition that will be used.

— Ilana Turko, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026

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More people are employed in the state than ever before, and more families are choosing to call Arkansas home.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
The forecasters are employed by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, which is part of the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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Autumn marks the beginning of the annual flu season, when more people begin to congregate indoors and viruses spread faster.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The predominant suites—all of which have generous outdoor space—are spread across four buildings whose Indonesian names translate to mountain, hill, plateau and valley.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

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Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market exchange Polymarket has hired a near three-decade Goldman Sachs veteran to help lead its push to attract Wall Street liquidity.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Shula was ultimately forced out in January 1996 and Johnson was hired one week later.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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Bel was finally laid to rest Saturday in this small southwestern Ohio city.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of laid

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According to the plea agreement, Saavedra recruited around 20 to 25 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, as well as at least one former sheriff’s deputy and a sibling of a sheriff’s deputy, to work the shifts.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Most of the workers involved were from India, where they were recruited.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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