1
as in dumps
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
a politician who had laid by his principles years ago
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2
as in stores
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lays by
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Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026 -
After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.—
Nilesh Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Rigorous testing The new device is a supercapacitor, a type of energy-storage technology that stores energy by separating electrical charges rather than through chemical reactions.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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Rayman Legends Retold ditches the original game's 2D art style for higher fidelity 3D models.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
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Researchers at Duke University have challenged that assumption with Argus, a sea-urchin-like robot that ditches conventional symmetry altogether.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 June 2026
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One stashes them in a tomato paste box.—
Rebecca Flint Marx,
SELF,
20 Apr. 2026
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Christian pretends to fall so everyone looks at him, and then Devens stashes a fake idol wrapped in the real sheet from the BEBI.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
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Independent film legend John Cassavetes helmed this gritty crime drama about strip club owner Cosmo Vittelli (Ben Gazzara), who, shortly after making his last gambling debt payment, loses tens of thousands of dollars in a poker game.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Each year, the average American throws away nearly 1,800 pounds of trash.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 May 2026
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Its chair, Beatrice Rindevall, said each Swede throws away around 9-10 kilograms (20-22 pounds) of clothes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Lays by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20by. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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