lay on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay on
Verb
  • Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
  • The Relay fascia is debuting belatedly in the U.K., having already spread to many airports in Europe and the United States, with the latter market being served via LTR’s subsidiary, Paradies Lagardère.
    Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • The outlets reported that Robinson was employed as a security guard.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • University policy allows the Office of Institutional Equity to close investigations when a subject is no longer employed there.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • The formula was applied to the target amounts that were distributed in January.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
  • Upgrades were applied to both the passive and active components, enhancing the overall integrity of the existing ESL 2812 and ESL 2912 models.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Laptop farm When her clients got hired, Chapman would receive their corporate laptops in the mail.
    Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
  • The complaints about contractors hired to do work around people’s homes are legion.
    LEW SICHELMAN, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Travers impresses New signing Mark Travers has been recruited with a simple brief: to compete with long-term No 1 Pickford.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 21 July 2025
  • Her goal was to become a commercial pilot, but when the U.S. entered the war in late 1941, she was recruited with two dozen other American women pilots to serve for three years in the RAF’s Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • Blood appeared to be smeared across the woman’s nose and mouth and across the sheets, according to court documents.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
  • In the video, Adira takes a special liking to the lipstick, smearing it all over her own mouth and chin, while Olympia seemed to be taking her mom’s notes on how to perfect a makeup look.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 18 June 2025
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“Lay on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20on. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.

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