OUTLAID Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

outlaid

verb

past tense of outlay

as in paid

to hand over or use up in payment the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point

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Of course, nobody would have to pay that directly, but it would all be paid for by future debt on the backs of our children.

— NBC news, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2026
Michael paid for a thirty-day treatment at a top facility in Florida.

— New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

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The commission, formed earlier in 2026 after several council members called for a local moratorium, has spent roughly two months working on a 150-page report outlining recommendations for how the city could regulate data centers.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
But co-founder Lynn Lowder, the chief executive officer, spent 16 years in the Marine Corps, starting with force reconnaissance in Vietnam.

— Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

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