lays up

present tense third-person singular of lay up

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Verb
  • Nine days earlier, OpenAI disclosed that its own models had broken out of a testing environment and compromised Hugging Face, the platform where much of the open machine learning world stores its models and datasets.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • CyberGuy previously reported that a Washington judge ruled Flock license plate reader images can qualify as public records, even when a private company stores the files for a city.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • This one stashes easily in a bag, adds a warming layer while in flight, can be worn as a scarf, and adds a dressy element to even casual looks.
    Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The larger case easily stows a Kindle or iPad Mini, power bank, digital camera, earbuds, and more; the smaller one stashes cords and adapters.
    Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
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“Lays up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20up. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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