LAID UP Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

laid up

verb

past tense of lay up

as in stored

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges

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As their name implies, each qubit is stored in an ion, an atom that has lost one or more of its electrons.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Much of it exists as scans of handwritten documents, stored but functionally invisible to any system trying to draw conclusions from them.

— Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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Firearms purchased in Florida were put in small backpacks and stashed in a trashcan in the library bathroom, the department said.

— Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Oh, and although there are surfboards stashed throughout the property, none of the goats actually get on them.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

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