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laid

American  
[leyd] / leɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of lay.

laid British  
/ leɪd /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of lay 1

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  • well-laid adjective

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Without current data, millions of urban migrants - often in informal jobs and housing - remain poorly captured in policy design, a gap laid bare during the pandemic.

From BBC

Outside, freshly laid parking lots sit mostly empty while a single, shrunken shift of workers comes and goes.

From The Wall Street Journal

When it closes near the end of the year, more than 100 people will be laid off.

From Los Angeles Times

Analysts at the investment bank recently laid out their 12 most “high-conviction” picks within the tech, media and telecommunications sectors.

From MarketWatch

A number of other technology companies have laid off swaths of workers in recent months, in many cases working to automate more tasks with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal

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