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lay out

verb

to arrange or spread out
to prepare (a corpse) for burial or cremation
to plan or contrive
informal.
to spend (money), esp lavishly
informal.
to knock unconscious
informal.
to exert (oneself) or put (oneself) to an effort
he laid himself out to please us

noun

the arrangement or plan of something, such as a building
the arrangement of written material, photographs, or other artwork on an advertisement or page in a book, newspaper, etc
a preliminary plan indicating this
a drawing showing the relative disposition of parts in a machine, etc
the act of laying out
something laid out
the formation of cards on the table in various games, esp in patience
informal.
a residence or establishment, esp a large one

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Gen. Pam Bondi to explain the administration’s logic for firing so many judges and to lay out the depth of cuts inside the agency.

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But I did notice that the Duffer Brothers didn’t worry all that much about leaving storytelling holes even when they had eight episodes to lay out their vision.

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One thing Mara said he did not do was demand more money or lay out a series of demands that would need to be met for him to remain at UCLA.

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That same day, she will release her budget for 2025-26, laying out her plan for addressing yet another huge problem: the city’s financial crisis.

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The sophistication is there in its style and confidence, in how it lays out this story with the clean, cruel menace of a poker dealer who has planned out exactly how the house will win.

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