lays down

present tense third-person singular of lay down
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lays down
Verb
  • 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
  • The rule also increases the maximum annual cost-sharing limitation and enacts stricter income-verification measures.
    Joseph Choi, The Hill, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Calypso addresses the public; a government official accuses John and Quiet of a bombing and declares open war on outsiders.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • His presence pretty much rules out any possibility of the Broncos reinvesting in the quarterback position during the next offseason or even the one after depending on when Arch Manning finally declares.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Ryan Christoffel at 9to5Mac has useful analysis that specifies what happened when in recent years to help specify the release date.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 16 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
  • The law imposes a 25-cent tax on each online sports bet, rising to 50 cents once a sportsbook passes 20 million wagers in a fiscal year.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As time passes, the Russians deny any involvement.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even the most qualified professionals hit roadblocks during a job search, Augustine asserts.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The judge's order asserts that Anthropic pirated more than 7 million copies of books.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The study defines the sandwich generation as adults who have at least one child under 18 and a living parent—which is around one in four Americans.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • No one game defines a season, no one loss defines a career.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The system processed over 100,000 video clips from both real-world recordings and the aforementioned Unreal Engine renders.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The process requires hundreds of delicate manual steps, and any contamination renders a dose unusable.
    Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Lays down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20down. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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