lay out

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In what was billed to be a defiant address, Starmer pledged to lay out "a platform on which we can build" tighter links with the EU.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Unedited excerpts from the surveys, in which candidates lay out detailed goals and policy analysis, can be found at the link below to each candidate’s name:

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The problem is that the wire fraud statute does not clearly lay out what counts as a “scheme to defraud.”

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Court filings lay out how Altman convinced Musk to back OpenAI in 2015, acting as a co-founder for a non-profit lab whose technology "would belong to the world."

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

We had lunch and lay out on the lawn, and then when it got too hot we came inside and ate ice cream while Tom watched the Grand Prix.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins