LAYS ON Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

lays on

verb

present tense third-person singular of lay on

as in spreads

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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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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The primary way the parasite spreads is via human feces, so a lack of toilets and sanitation stations in fields where produce and vegetables are grown and harvested can be a major source of Cyclospora, public-health experts say.

— Alice Park, Time, 8 July 2026
One small site can't match a hyperscaler's always-on uptime, so Cango spreads the reliability around instead.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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In the City of Commerce, the Commerce Casino generates 40% of the city’s general fund, and employs 2,200 people.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Sport scientist Clemens Brunner employs high-tech gait and movement analysis to produce insoles to fix my gait, and PT Thomas Glinka in the Technogym addresses tight hamstrings, calf tension, and right-foot pronation with take-home exercises.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

Definition of employs

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This article was generated by the CA Earthquake Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
The planning commission applies the law during its approval process.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of applies

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Christoph Waltz voices Max, the film director who hires the Minions to act in his films during the 1920s.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2026
Exposing city taxpayers to potential liability when CVI hires return to their past ways, which is known to happen, is extraordinarily misguided.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

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In other words, the show is a celebration of America’s 250th birthday, but one that smears a little cake on the country’s face.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2026
This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026

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