lays on

present tense third-person singular of lay on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lays on
Verb
  • This outdoor patio heater spreads heat up to 18 feet away, and the flame is easy to light in under five seconds.
    Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Their presence puts migrant and refugee families at greater risk and spreads fear throughout our communities.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The health care sector accounted for 48% of that lackluster growth, expanding by about 232,000 jobs, even though the sector employs only about 11% of workers.
    Phillip Reese, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • His pitch is that CRH, which employs some 80,000 people, is well-placed to benefit from a surge of investment in US infrastructure, from roads and bridges to AI data centers and microchip plants.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The law applies to any company operating in California that uses massive amounts of computing power for model training, a threshold designed to regulate only cutting-edge developers while exempting smaller firms.
    Harry Booth, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One of the biggest downsides of the card is that the 1X rate applies to general travel purchases, while many other premium cards pay elevated rates for all types of travel.
    David McMillin, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The only hires from the Muschamp (2010-11) and McElwain (2014-15) cycles to win power conference titles were Stanford promotion David Shaw, Michigan man Jim Harbaugh and Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • These hires infuse Blue Water with critical know-how to streamline production and operationalize its ASV platforms effectively.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Oscars have always been Hollywood’s most glamorous therapy session, where the industry lays bare its collective psyche under the klieg lights of the red carpet.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Planning Commission hearing, nearly four years in the making, lays the foundation for San Diego to make one of its most consequential real estate deals in recent memory.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Today, the University recruits students and VIPs (like NFL stars, Olympic athletes, and high-profile alumni) to lead the Two-Bits cheer and rile up the crowd, and it’s always done in the spirit of Florida pride with no ulterior financial motive, as Edmondson himself established.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Wahlberg, 54, plays a professional thief who recruits a new team in an attempt to rob a treasure recently recovered from the depths of the ocean.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Opened by Patti and Win Myint, and now run by their children, chef Arnold Myint and his sister Anna, the restaurant is a delicious mash-up of traditional family recipes and creative new takes on Thai favorites.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The film is based on the comic series by Grant Morrison, in which Bruce Wayne teams up with his biological son, Damian, who takes on the Robin moniker.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Lays on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20on. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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