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as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals
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as in to declare
to state clearly and strongly
at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments
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as in to specify
to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment
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as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons
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Smith laid down the initial recordings, then sent the files to the Lips, who provided the backing instrumentation.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
Agricole, co-founded and led by culinary director Vincent Huynh, chef Ryan Pera and beverage director Morgan Weber, laid down a foundation on the corner of St. Emanuel and Dallas streets in 2018.
—Timothy Malcolm, Chron, 29 Sep. 2024
Consuelos then laid down and crossed his arms while Ripa, uh, swaddled him in the cloth.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Bowers also appreciates having a more compressed period of time to lay down his ideas and get the right colors and tone for the music.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
Agricole, co-founded and led by culinary director Vincent Huynh, chef Ryan Pera and beverage director Morgan Weber, laid down a foundation on the corner of St. Emanuel and Dallas streets in 2018.
—Timothy Malcolm, Chron, 29 Sep. 2024
Consuelos then laid down and crossed his arms while Ripa, uh, swaddled him in the cloth.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Bowers also appreciates having a more compressed period of time to lay down his ideas and get the right colors and tone for the music.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
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And there’s some evidence that higher tariffs enacted during his presidency have cost American jobs.Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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Target is an even larger retailer that Wells Fargo is concerned will suffer from high tariffs enacted in a second Trump term.Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
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Hezbollah has issued manifestos and open letters since its early years declaring Israel a vanguard of U.S. imperialism and calling for the total destruction of the Jewish state.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
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After all, Bey-and-Tay moments have been reliable magnets for attention since the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when Kanye West famously interrupted an acceptance speech by Swift to declare that Beyoncé deserved the prize for best female video.Mikael Wood, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2024
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While the original definition provided a general framework, the October version goes further in specifying activities these systems might engage in, such as screening, evaluating, categorizing, and making recommendations.Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Waymo didn’t specify how much of this round Alphabet accounted for.Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Their father died and their mother eventually relinquished parental rights.Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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He’s relinquished almost all aspects of life to devices up to and including giving Gromit — Wallace’s eminently capable, permanently skeptical best friend — a pat on his head.Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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In President Joe Biden's administration, during which Harris has served as vice president, climate actions included casting the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act – landmark legislation to combat climate change.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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France had just passed a digital tax—imposed on those companies (mostly American like Amazon) that sold to customers in France through the internet.Tom Campbell, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
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The sophisticated military computer systems powering Stanislav’s screen were aggressively asserting that five nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles were inbound, launched from the United States.Will Cady, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
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His legal team had argued that the congressional subpoena was invalid because Trump had asserted executive privilege.Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Billie Eilish’s music straddles the line between pop and rock, and much of her output is hard to define.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Over the coming days, the owners of Four Seasons Total Landscaping did their patriotic duty and cashed in on their temporary notoriety, selling souvenirs to commemorate the fiasco; to Trump’s detractors, the debacle epitomized the clownish incompetence that had defined his presidency.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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With brown tree snakes frequently entering homes, children—whose lower body masses could render bites far more dangerous—were now at risk.Scott Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Unless it’s artistically rendered in a colorful bandanna, that is.Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Lay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20down. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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