laid on

verb

Definition of laid onnext
past tense of lay on
1
as in applied
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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2
as in employed
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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  1. applied
  2. employed
  3. spread
  4. hired
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  • In the future, researchers believe similar dating methodologies could one day be applied to not just other meteorites, but planets.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • When applied to each state’s eight individual grades used in my scorecard, this geeky math shows California’s grades had the highest deviation.
    Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of applied
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  • Later in 2019, the woman claims that she was physically dominated and raped by Brooks while employed for an event.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the Spanish-language Dracula, Universal employed a different director, actors and crew to work at night on the same sets — and in many of the same costumes — that were used during the day for the Tod Browning version that made Bela Lugosi a legend.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Fix the Hide Before Tweaking the Spread If things aren’t going as planned and ducks aren’t finishing, duck hunters tend to want to mess with the decoy spread.
    Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Dozens of firefighters were battling the brush fire just days after fires in wooded areas of Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey spread smoke across New York City.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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  • According to Stearns, Binder was one of the first five people Harris ever hired in politics.
    Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For 80% of the new DOL grants, that’s unlikely to be apprentices hired or apprenticeship programs launched.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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laid off (of)

laid on

laid out

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