laid on

verb

past tense of lay on
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid on
  1. applied
  2. employed
  3. spread
  4. hired
  5. laid
  6. recruited
  7. smeared
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  • The technology is also being applied to energy infrastructure.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The company has applied many of the learnings, talent and experience from Astro into its other robotics efforts, Glasser said.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of applied
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  • On average, 83 percent of IFM students are employed within one year of finishing their studies, Romatet said.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Cooper said in a statement to CBS News Philadelphia that Check is no longer employed by the hospital.
    — CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of employed
Verb
  • In a closed-door meeting this week, a PAHO advisory commission is looking at genetic evidence to determine if the same measles virus has been spreading for one year or more in the outbreaks that have torn through North America starting in 2024.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The main stage will be set up in front of City Hall, with art exhibits, vendors and other activities spread throughout downtown Baltimore.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of spread
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  • Dana Brown and Perry Minasian have been hired as senior advisers of amateur scouting to work alongside Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Families and local lawmakers have also been demanding an investigation into how Mohassib was hired by the Department of Education to be a teacher's aide at Public School 200.
    — Christina Fan, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of hired
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  • Authorities at the residence spotted the Chevrolet in the area and laid a spike strip across a roadway in anticipation of a second pursuit, which the vehicle later struck, officials said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Leo, who took his name from the 19th-century pope whose encyclical on labor laid the foundation of Catholic social teaching, has made the poor and vulnerable a focus of his papacy, carrying on the legacy of his Argentine predecessor, Pope Francis.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of laid
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  • Federal prosecutors allege that Davis recruited people for an associated scheme involving the submission of fraudulent claims for sick and family leave credits and employee retention credits.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Williams had recruited billionaire Amway founder Rich DeVos to bankroll the franchise.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of recruited
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  • Others pulled open packets, smeared on cream and networked with others interested in getting in early on the city’s next big thing.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Apparently, ancient Greeks used breadsticks smeared with olive oil as a lubricant.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of smeared
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“Laid on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20on. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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