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Example sentences for: laid

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He was a ‘visionary’, remembers neurobiologist Judith Eisen (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States), ‘who laid the groundwork for the use of zebrafish as a developmental model’.
He finds his long, last home, And waits in snug concealment laid,
To wit: As CEO of struggling cup manufacturer Lily Tulip Corp. in the '80s, Dunlap fired most of the senior managers, sold the corporate jet, closed the headquarters and two factories, dumped half the headquarters staff, and laid off a bunch of other workers.
The city of Jiaohe, 10 km (6 miles) west of Turpan, was founded in the second century b.c. and laid out in a grid.
This argument is laid out at length in an annotated 300-page book, which also includes extensive advice on how to implement an investing strategy based on the theory.