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as in format
the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized
the decorator changed the layout of the living room three times before declaring it finished
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as in design
the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged
the layout of his portraits typically consists of a finely drawn subject against a roughly sketched background
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as in to spend
to hand over or use up in payment
he laid out big bucks for a new lawnmower that runs by itself
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as in to plan
to work out the details of (something) in advance
the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency
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as in to classify
to put into a particular arrangement
plants in the botanical gardens are laid out according to biogeographic region
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as in to display
to present so as to invite notice or attention
for the historic celebration, the museum laid out its full collection of native artifacts
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Recent Examples of layout
Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
The vertical format layout offers more writing space for your month and week-at-a-view pages.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Crevoiserat will define the new market and lay out the company’s three-year strategic plan at an investor meeting Wednesday.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
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The layout of this two-story house includes two bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones.
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The format of the episode essentially pairs everyone off into five groups of two.—
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For investors, the adaptability of warehouse formats supports multi-jurisdiction deployment, making the Panattoni model highly scalable.—
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The growing acceptance of Indian design is one reason Bohra no longer resists the Made in India label.—
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The largest maritime manufacturing company in Indonesia, PT Pal has advantages in the design and construction capabilities of naval vessels, commercial vessels, and general engineering.—
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Joabe Barbosa, Matthew Plese and Omar Yousaf spent the day riding the entire MARTA rail system in an attempt to complete the full route in roughly three hours.—
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Visitors can spend their entire trip switching off between the two, but be sure to take some time to explore the rocky cove beaches called calas that have made Costa Blanca famous.—
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Did several individuals act spontaneously or was something planned?—
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Walmart plans to add EV sites at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations by 2030.—
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The department classifies Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger under its highest Level 4 advisory, warning Americans about issues of terrorism, crime, kidnapping, and more.—
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Those only include what the police classify as murders or non-negligent manslaughter.—
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With sturdy construction, ample shelf space, and glass doors, china cabinets are excellent for storing and displaying delicate china sets, trinkets, decorative plates, heirloom decor, and more.—
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And yet, both within and outside the store, the American flag is prominently displayed.—
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For instance, the researchers cannot yet trace the gas all the way down to the black hole itself, and the exact physics of how the black hole’s energy shuts down star formation remains an open question.—
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At the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, ice artists create walk-through castles with tunnels, slides and frozen fountains etched into natural-looking formations.—
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Yet under the hood of a relatively stable unemployment rate, the composition of the job growth remains starkly narrow.—
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Ghanem added that body composition analyzers, like DEXA scans, will likely be more widely used as awareness grows about the limitations of BMI and weight in assessing obesity.—
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“Layout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layout. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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