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lay ing

  • n  the production of eggs (especially in birds)
  • v  put into a certain place or abstract location
  • v  put in a horizontal position
  • v  prepare or position for action or operation
  • v  lay eggs
  • v  impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

  • Plans to develop an affordable electric sedan have been put on hold, and Tesla is laying off employees.
  • In World War I, West Coast yards averaged 309 days, from keel-laying to delivery, on 8,800-ton merchant ships.
  • Every day the site's programmers upload clips of scientists, authors, intellectuals, captains of industry and world leaders standing up and laying out what they think they know.
News & Articles

  • Videos: (@AlexisJordan) Alexis Jordan - Laying Around
    Alexis Jordan back steps for the cozy music video "Laying Around," a song from her debut self-titled album.
    June 13, 2013 - Singersroom
  • State Farm to shutter El Paso call center
    State Farm Insurance is laying off and relocating about 550 employees at its West El Paso call center next year and moving many of the jobs to its expanding call centers in Phoenix and Dallas.
    June 13, 2013 - Las Cruces Sun-News
  • Marion County Schools trying to avoid laying off more than 200 employees
    Marion County school board members talked about what steps could be taken to get out of a financial hole and avoid laying off hundreds of employees Tuesday. Dozens of people lined the streets outside the administration building in Ocala in support of laid-off teachers. The school district is planning to lay off more than 200 employees, including 160 first-year teachers because of a $10 million ...
    June 12, 2013 - WFTV 9 Orlando
Quotes

  • Mark Hackel in Forbes
    Sheriff Mark Hackel said Grant "gave a very lengthy confession, laying out exactly what took place" in the slaying of his wife, Tara.
  • David Cameron in The Guardian
    Too often these summits fail to live up to the hype and to the promises made,he said. "I'm sure other world leaders would admit that. A lot of money is spent laying them on. Host cities are disrupted for days or even weeks.The cavalcades...
  • John McCain in TIME
    I'm saying it's laying a predicate for the future that can be very dangerous,McCain said on "Fox News Sunday." "History shows us where unlimited amounts of money are in political campaigns, it leads to scandal."

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