lays down

present tense third-person singular of lay down
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lays down
Verb
  • However, the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation, and both the 2025 versions of the bill fizzled out in a congressional committee.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Commissioners’ closest vote involved the portion of the budget legislation that enacts a less than 1% increase in household trash fees.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Final Fantasy Tactics spits on that idea, and proudly declares that fighting inequality is, in fact, what society is supposed to do.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The mutual defense agreement signed on Wednesday declares that an attack on one nation would be considered an attack on both.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The dress code also specifies the type of shoes to be worn and forbids facial tattoos or more than one facial piercing.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Each recipe is indicated by a code—O means the Four Roses distillery; B or E indicates the mashbill (B is 35 percent rye, E is 20 percent rye); S means straight whiskey; and the last letter specifies the yeast strain, each of which brings a different flavor profile to the whiskey.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a street vacation, the city relinquishes the right of way or public service easement to an adjacent property owner or owners.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Uber is also making both these passes available for its teen accounts.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Temperatures are expected to dip into the lower 70s in the hottest places by Wednesday and stay there even after the rain passes and the weekend arrives, the weather service forecast.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just because a paper passes peer review doesn’t mean that what’s written, or what the author asserts, is true.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
  • China asserts sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, putting it at odds with overlapping claims by the Philippines and several other neighbors.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a purist, Murray defines sobriety as being completely abstinent from habit-forming substances that could cause dependency, including prescription drugs like Xanax and Suboxone.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The Nuit Rouge collection will likely resonate with Trudon devotees, olfactory aficionados, and anyone in search of a new cold-weather signature, all while staying true to the artisanal luxury that defines the house.
    Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Samir’s team renders the notoriously gamey meat almost chicken-like by slowly cooking the rabbit in fat with bay leaves, sage and thyme, giving the whole dish an uber-comforting flavor reminiscent of chicken pot pie.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Lays down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20down. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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