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as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals
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as in to declare
to state clearly and strongly
at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments
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as in to specify
to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment
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as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons
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Recent Examples of lay down
However, Oscar De La Hoya, who owns Golden Boy Promotions which Garcia is signed under, laid down the hammer on Tuesday night regarding the boxer’s exhibition with Anpo.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Our job is to lay down the intellectual track for sustainable outcomes that build economic activity, that build economic wealth, that build businesses, that build job opportunities.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
David Yates’ impressive run on the series wouldn’t have been possible without the groundwork Cuarón laid down and there’s good reason why PoA is now considered one of the series’ best films.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Mark Coote / Bloomberg via Getty Images First signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Indigenous Maori chiefs, the Treaty lays down how the two parties agreed to govern.
—Reuters, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Our job is to lay down the intellectual track for sustainable outcomes that build economic activity, that build economic wealth, that build businesses, that build job opportunities.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
David Yates’ impressive run on the series wouldn’t have been possible without the groundwork Cuarón laid down and there’s good reason why PoA is now considered one of the series’ best films.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Mark Coote / Bloomberg via Getty Images First signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Indigenous Maori chiefs, the Treaty lays down how the two parties agreed to govern.
—Reuters, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Though states and municipalities are generally preempted from enacting their own limits, Congress allowed the EPA to waive the preemption rule to allow California to set certain regulations that are stricter than federal standards.Andrew Chung, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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The school responded by enacting a dress code that resulted in many of those students being sent to detention.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Which really is the state question, it was legally declared so in 1996.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The pilot made a hard right turn toward White Plains Airport and declared an emergency before crashing.David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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In addition, over 230 deaths occurred in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, although the database did not specify whether the fatalities took place in Gaza or the West Bank.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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However, that distance was not specified on Monday evening.Brennan Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Wellington Mara relinquished control of football operations when Young took over.Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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The institution must relinquish its Association voting privileges for a four-year period.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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The bill had 62 cosponsors when the Senate version was introduced last year, and would now need at least 60 votes to pass Congress and then head to President Biden.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Another remarked how every warm-up drill or passing exercise had a purpose and was all connected to the bigger picture.Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Even her description of chemotherapy—her stomach outlined, her internal organs individually asserting themselves—suggests that what her ordeal gave her was a kind of unbearable self-awareness.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Shadow culture minister Saqib Bhatti warned against changing the law, asserting the importance of protecting Britain’s cultural heritage.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Starting as a plugin for the collaborative interface design tool Figma, the tool allowed users to define and apply design tokens (like border radii, spacers, colors, and typography styles) consistently throughout projects.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Notre Dame's journey from ruin to resurrection was defined by extraordinary craftsmanship, nearly $1 billion in global donations and a collective, unyielding determination to rebuild.THOMAS ADAMSON AND SYLVIE CORBET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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But Part Two told the story of Paul Atreides’s rise to power with a satisfying mix of triumph and gruesomeness, rendering his planetary jihad in awe-inspiring fashion.David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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But, footage of piles of dead cows awaiting pickup by rendering trucks on California roadways has inspired further questioning.Crystal Heath and Gene Baur, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Lay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20down. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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