LAYING UP Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

laying up

verb

present participle of lay up

as in storing

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges

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Every operation consumes computational resources, while storing intermediate results requires additional qubits.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Both robots had equal-power motors, with one providing steady, continuous motion in the rigid legs and the other intermittently storing energy and releasing it in snaps.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

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The behaviors run the full range, from tiny tweaks like stashing the phone across the room, killing pointless notifications and blocking off screen-free stretches, all the way to full-day commitments to unplug.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
While the reason the coins were stored remains a mystery, museum officials told AP that historical records point to a Roman soldier stashing his savings.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

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