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lay

[ley] / leɪ /
ADJECTIVE
amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession
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VERB
design, plan
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VERB
bet, wager
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NOUN
a song or poem
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Example Sentences

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He lay down in a remaining bed, and everyone attempted to settle.

From Literature

Big companies have already been laying off thousands of white collar workers over the past year, in some cases pointing to increased efficiency created by AI.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lucid, the Bay Area-based automaker that sells luxury electric vehicles, is laying off 319 workers as it sustains billions of dollars in losses.

From Los Angeles Times

While growing demand for inference is a positive signal, Nvidia’s results also laid bare the company’s cheap valuation relative to its competitors.

From Barron's

A post from a finance blog called Citirini was framed as a research memo from the future and laid out a dystopian view of the effects of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal