laying on

verb

present participle of lay on
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laying on
  1. applying
  2. employing
  3. spreading
  4. hiring
  5. smearing
  6. recruiting
  7. laying
  8. taking on
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  • Agarwal is effectively taking infrastructure developed around one of the most document-heavy and regulated consumer financial transactions and applying it to a wider collection of financial problems.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There is a special difficulty in applying just-war theory to wars between a powerful military and an insurgent group.
    — Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of applying
Verb
  • These are basically less privileged neighborhoods where the government is meant to show a greater focus on education by employing more teachers and so on.
    — Elektra Kotsoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine has gotten very good at drone warfare, employing these little robots both in offensive and defensive capacities.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of employing
Verb
  • Demonstrations over corruption and a lack ​of jobs have begun spreading throughout Albania.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
  • On top of these lawsuits, social media platforms are facing a loss of business as bans for minors are accelerating and spreading worldwide.
    — Ari Lightman, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of spreading
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  • Facebook agreed to pay $14 million in 2021 to settle claims about its hiring practices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The more routine work that technology removes from that process, the more projects those teams can evaluate without hiring in proportion to demand.
    — Shiva Dhawan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hiring
Verb
  • Yet what follows is an extended list of ethical sins, with a focus on the sins of abusive speech, such as slandering, slurring, slighting and smearing the reputations of others.
    — Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • People have gone from smearing the compound on their faces to using injections, in hopes of achieving firmer, wrinkle-free skin and other anti-aging benefits.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of smearing
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  • The company is currently recruiting for seasonal full- and part-time roles across its stores and distribution centers.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Hospitality, retail and tech are recruiting people who’ve already solved the problem banks are trying to solve, just in a different building.
    — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruiting
Verb
  • The butterflies reproduce along the way, laying their eggs on milkweed plants, which are the sole food source for monarch caterpillars.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After years of laying low, Feldman is now back with less flashy projects, quietly re-entering the real estate game with his daughter as partner in the national affordable and workforce housing firm GoodHomes.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of laying
Verb
  • In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The sharp selloff in bonds has given investors a rare opportunity to lock in stock-market-like returns without taking on the risk that comes with equities, investment advisors to the ultra-wealthy told CNBC.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of taking on
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“Laying on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laying%20on. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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