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lay

adjective as in amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession

verb as in put, place

verb as in produce, advance

verb as in credit, allocate

verb as in design, plan

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in make smooth

verb as in bet, wager

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in a song or poem

Strongest matches

Weak matches

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Example Sentences

The pick, unveiled Tuesday, drew immediate pushback from some influential veterans groups and current and former lawmakers, who suggested that Hegseth’s ideological leanings, rather than any demonstrated expertise, lay behind him being tapped to run the vast U.S. defense complex.

The way Musk and Ramaswamy have been talking, they clearly have the idea that they’ll be cleaning house from Day 1 onward—just like Musk did when he bought Twitter in late 2022, brought his friends and cronies on as consultants for cost cuts, ousted the company’s executives, and went on to lay off thousands more staffers.

From Slate

She lay awake frozen in fear all night and in the morning he left.

From BBC

One thing stood out: The roots of their sentiments lay in concerns that the United States has become overpopulated.

From Salon

For decades, it lay in an unmarked grave in the UN cemetery in Busan, on Korea’s south coast, adorned with the plaque ‘Member of the British Army, known unto God’.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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