lay on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay on
Verb
  • Others will spread into a shrub-like habit unless pruned.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
  • Wen: Salmonella most often spreads to people through contaminated food.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Becker and colleagues employed a Pavlov-like research design to figure out whether people can decouple the sensation of pain from the experience of that pain.
    Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Instead, Lloyd employed a bare stage and an ensemble of actors dressed all in black.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • If the individual is a non-resident, non-citizen of the U.S., the federal estate tax applies only to assets situated or deemed to be situated within the U.S. (for example, U.S. real property or stock in a U.S. corporation).
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • The reports indicate 20 people have applied with the city for up to $7,000 in emergency rental assistance for new apartments, and 16 have met the eligibility requirements.
    Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • After the Motsepe takeover in 2003, the club hired a series of high-profile managers, including the legendary Bulgarian forward Hristo Stoichkov and the late Dutch midfielder Johan Neeskens.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025
  • Yet while hiring generally has slowed, other economists figured job growth remained sturdy last month as companies frustrated by labor shortages during the pandemic continued to curtail layoffs.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • One way, Park said, would be to have researchers recruit a large, representative sample of patients, measure their levels of exposure and follow them for years, perhaps until death.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • Over 400 adults with a diabetic foot ulcer that appeared closed or healed to the eye were recruited to the study.
    Paul McClure June 02, New Atlas, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Like Mamdani and other politicians that have held a steady opposition to Cuomo, Lander has spent plenty of time smearing the former governor.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
  • As if this dramatic moment was not enough, ACT-UP member Mark Chaney took it upon himself to splash and smear several vials of a red liquid onto the door of the City Council chambers.
    Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
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“Lay on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20on. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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