LAYING OVER Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

laying over

verb

present participle of lay over

as in postponing

to assign to a later time we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting

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Earlier today, the president threw another wrench in the situation, floating the idea of postponing Blanche's confirmation until next year, when Cornyn and Tillis will both be gone from the Senate.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Promotional financing offers on credit cards can help manage expenses by spreading costs and potentially reducing or postponing interest.

— Louis DeNicola, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of postponing

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At the same time, borrowers are reporting increasing problems and errors that are delaying or derailing their ability to maintain access to affordable repayment plan programs and student loan forgiveness.

— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
State lawmakers argued that schools should not be delaying reporting AI nudes until their own probes end but rather should be required to promptly tip off police, who are better positioned to investigate the crimes.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

Definition of delaying

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Landa worked with the Association to get the original project approved in 2017 after holding over 30 public meetings.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
And moviegoers turned out to indies from Rosemead to The Chronology of Water, All That’s Left Of You and more, new and holding over, limited, wide and top ten.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026

Definition of holding over

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Hundreds of military bases have been putting off cleanup of toxic PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, for years, according to a new USA TODAY analysis of military records.

— Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Home Depot and Lowe’s both told investors this year that homeowners are putting off larger home improvement projects – those often associated with fixer-upper homes.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of putting off

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Expanding to India might be a better way to capture growth, but this takes time and a willingness to accept short-term efficiency costs—a trade-off that many firms keep deferring.

— Yasushi Sasaki, Fortune, 30 July 2026
But his strategy of deferring problems instead of seeking constructive solutions to them eventually blew up, resulting in the invasion of southern Israel and the deaths of 1,200 Israelis.

— Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of deferring

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