laying on

verb

Definition of laying onnext
present participle of lay on
1
as in applying
to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

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2
as in employing
chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

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  1. applying
  2. employing
  3. spreading
  4. hiring
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  • Davey Winder Unit 42 managed to create an algorithm using LLMs themselves to rewrite malicious JavaScript code, continually applying a number of rewriting steps to fool static analysis models.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That's the deadline for filing your federal income tax return—or applying for an automatic extension—to be considered timely.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of applying
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  • And criminal hackers and adversarial states are already employing AI and MI as instruments to identify and take advantage of flaws in threat detection frameworks.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Her films disrupt conventional storytelling methods by employing magical realist explorations of spirituality, labor, and the environment to critique both social and ecological imbalances.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of employing
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  • Travis Scott is spreading holiday cheer in his hometown of Houston!
    Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Center John Michael Schmitz and tackles Andrew Thomas and Joshua Miles were among the teammates to join in spreading the Christmas cheer and hosting the special shopping experiences.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of spreading
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  • Las Vegas is expected to be hiring a head coach and drafting a quarterback this offseason.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There have been no specific steps taken for the women’s team and the single best act for the women’s team, according to the spokesperson mentioned above, has been the knock-on effect of hiring Berrada given, in their eyes, his previous support of women’s football.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of hiring
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laying off (of)

laying on

laying on of hands

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