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Meanings of lay in English
Synonyms
Examples for "place"
Examples for "place"
1
Europe is, quite simply, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
2
Although the actual encounter must have taken place thousands of years ago.
3
Early last year, however, when Dick opened his new place, things changed.
4
His military government has said martial law will remain in place indefinitely.
5
After a long moment, Yang said, Every place is a good place.
1
She's a good example to other government officials, put it that way.
2
She said law reform could help put an end to this discrimination.
3
The result will be put out to public comment for 15 days.
4
However, the global financial crisis has put some banks in a bind.
5
That way I put off going home until the last possible moment.
1
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2
He will 'attempt' to set up a 'committee' to 'study' the matter.
3
Russia is also set to help build Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
4
Personal debt levels are what set Ireland apart in this financial crisis.
5
A euro zone budget would set exactly the wrong incentives, Lambsdorff said.
1
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2
GM officials said their position would not change, however, the source said.
3
Those funds still carry a notable long position in the market, however.
4
Industry bodies would be in a good position to help, she said.
5
Yet, it's clear the president takes seriously his position as role model.
1
Vector-borne diseases, including arboviruses, pose a serious threat to public health worldwide.
2
Yet such detentions pose a public image problem for the security forces.
3
I pose this simple question: is our destiny with Europe or not?
4
However, overtreatment should be avoided and life-threatening infections pose a particular problem.
5
Immigrants do pose a severe burden on particular communities at particular times.
Usage of lay in English
1
In fact, state and local governments continue to lay off large numbers.
2
They form the largest lay majority of any Press Council in Europe.
3
Some believe that helped lay the foundation for the recent financial crisis.
4
If progress stalls, tax reform could lay dormant during 2018's election year.
5
Under the deal, the government endorsed mass lay-offs in the civil service.
6
The contestable area lay in the Middle States and in the Carolinas.
7
The basin in which the Crisis lay was entirely fringed with forest.
8
The great alteration lay in the increase in the quantity of BOC-LAND.
9
In the reading-desk of the refectory lay the lives of the Saints.
10
The principal minor product of the novel lay in the provincial tale.
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In front of the house lay Loch Laggan, eight miles in length.
12
Ships lay rotting at the quays; brambles grow in the commercial streets.
13
First lay three of the pennies in the way shown in Fig.
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However, there were more pressing concerns to discuss for what lay ahead.
15
It sought power; it wasn't about to lay claim to much yet.
16
I lay in the camp hospital until the morning of the 14th.
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Lay across language varieties
United Kingdom
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Canada
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United States of America
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