LAYS ON Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

lays on

verb

present tense third-person singular of lay on

as in spreads

to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

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as in employs

chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

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The missile, called a PrSM—for precision-strike missile—detonates midair and spreads thousands of small tungsten fragments in all directions.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
According to Data Center Watch, at least 75 data center projects worth roughly $130 billion have already been blocked or delayed this year as the backlash spreads.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of spreads

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Raffaele Rossetti, who has been serving as Pinalli’s chief executive officer since 2018, will lead the retailer’s next phase flanked by Borletti, who will assume the role of chairman of the company that currently employs more than 800 people.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Morgan Stanley, headquartered in New York City, currently operates offices in 42 countries and employs more than 80,000 people.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of employs

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These histories can be claimed for any site-specific artwork located in an outdoor setting, though their relevance applies differently from one example to another.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
But again, this only applies if your flight is delayed by more than by more than three hours domestically or six hours internationally.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of applies

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Verity can’t finish her book series for mysterious reasons, so Jeremy hires Lowen to do so for her.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Whether that is a potential path forward is impossible to predict until Crane hires a new head of baseball operations.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of hires

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Monét released a trailer for Frequency of Love, which recruits a range of collaborators across R&B, including SZA, Bruno Mars, Leon Thomas, Bryson Tiller, Chlöe and Lucky Daye.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
The Lioness Program recruits female operatives who go undercover and infiltrate the inner circles of enemy targets by getting close to the women connected to them.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of recruits

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Darker smears around the crater’s rim contain surface rocks and lunar dust called regolith previously altered by solar winds, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation over an extended period of time.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
The atmosphere works on them a little bit harder and reduces their strength and smears them a little bit more.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of smears

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My first game starts early in the day as Alabama takes on Mississippi State.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Clarks x Damson Madder Damson Madder x Clarks Originals collection, which launched Thursday, features two fresh takes on Clarks archive styles.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of takes on

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