laid
Americanverb
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- well-laid adjective
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Alphabet has “laid the groundwork for an immense amount of value creation from an AI standpoint,” Musk said.
From MarketWatch
This mirrors a visit to Hamburg during the UK state visit to Germany in 2023, when King Charles laid a wreath remembering the civilian casualties of wartime Allied bombing raids.
From BBC
The top executive at bitcoin’s biggest corporate owner has laid out the parameters that would force his company to sell some of its $56 billion worth of the cryptocurrency.
From MarketWatch
Monitored by a police drone, an exhausted Buddy finally laid down to rest as a vet administered some sedatives in the early hours of Sunday.
From BBC
And let's be clear: much of what we heard from the chancellor in her breakfast speech that morning almost four weeks ago reasonably laid the ground for what was to come.
From BBC
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