1
as in applying
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 employing
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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For these reasons, applying chemical ice melts and mechanically removing ice are better solutions.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2026 -
For decades, assessors across California have exercised reasonable and uniform judgment in applying it, guided by State Board of Equalization (BOE) advice, local building standards, and the factual circumstances of each rebuild.—
Jeffrey Prang,
Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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DigitalDefynd shared detailed observations on how the banking industry is employing AI.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The holding company operates more than 400 locations across nine states, employing more than 8,000 workers.—
Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Then consider that Maye has been spreading the ball out to a deep receiving corps.—
Hank Gola,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Iran claims to have restored order following the nationwide demonstrations that began spreading late last year over the country's collapsing currency and spiraling prices.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
23 Jan. 2026
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The irony is that many startups end up hiring earlier to manage the AI stack they were told would reduce headcount.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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In many restaurants, Nurdjaja explains, these offerings are an easy solution for dessert items even as the industry is hiring fewer and fewer dedicated pastry chefs.—
Charlie Kolodziej,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
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The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, 8,000 Pa, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
6 Jan. 2026
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Despite the controversy, most Glamour staffers can recall smearing on play makeup or stealing mommy’s moisturizer.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
13 Nov. 2025
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Thompson School District is one of the districts recruiting.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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The state hired a recruiting agency to look for nurses, Skipper said, a strategy that worked well with security staff recruitment.—
John Hult,
States Newsroom,
23 Jan. 2026
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Carlson immediately began laying the groundwork for a digital-media company, the Tucker Carlson Network, securing Musk’s help to boost Carlson’s content on X and fifteen million dollars in seed money from Malik’s firm and other investors.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps not so surprising was that Dr Branston and collaborators’ discovered that a larger human population density reduced fledging success, and that higher ambient temperatures were negatively related to first egg laying date, clutch size and the number of fledglings produced.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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While not everyone gets their wishes, those with no interest in taking on the deceptive — and challenging — role of a Traitor likely won't be chosen.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Laying on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laying%20on. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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