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outlaid

American  
[out-leyd] / ˌaʊtˈleɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of outlay.


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Last summer, Premier League clubs outlaid more than ever before in the transfer window as spending surpassed £3bn.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

This summer, Premier League clubs outlaid more than ever before in the transfer window as spending surpassed £3bn.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

“It’s a very real risk that Hector Luis Garcia will upend some very carefully outlaid plans,” Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza told The Washington Times.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2022

The Senegal international was even viewed by some as a temporary alternative to the error-prone Kepa Arrizabalaga, with his £22m move from Rennes a fraction of the £71m outlaid on the Spaniard.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2021

For not only the two-leaved tree is outlaid, and the one-leaved inlaid, but the two-leaved tree is branched, and the one-leaved tree is not branched.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

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