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

Unlike the U.S., the U.K. and France, it has no tradition of publishing official national-security strategies that lay out foreign policy and defense priorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

People had hinted that I could qualify for the Olympic team, but no one, not even my coaches at the foundation, actually helped lay out a specific plan to help get me there.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad