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outlaying

  • present participle of outlay.

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Meta now anticipates outlaying $70 billion to $72 billion on capital expenditures this year, up from $39 billion last year, and expects its capex growth in dollars to be even higher next year.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 2, 2025

It may be a lot of pressure for young shoulders, but after outlaying what he wants to achieve by the time he's 25, Maca is taking the expectations in his stride.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

Cities that installed ShotSpotter in the past bought the equipment and managed the alerts themselves — a model that often involved outlaying hundreds of thousands of dollars.

From New York Times • May 28, 2012

Everyone is out to do the job, possibly because that kind was not content to sit at desks and found their way to ships and outlaying bases.

From Time Magazine Archive

We could see the streets, the suburbs, the bridges, the outlaying roads, nay, the moving masses of people.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred