superimpose
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It is premature to entirely superimpose Tesla’s trading patterns on SpaceX, but that is exactly what many seasoned investors are referencing as the SpaceX options market develops.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
When a park ranger contacted Propeck, he denied he was the man in the video, saying he’d used artificial intelligence to superimpose his face onto the footage, the complaint states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
The agency “did not want to intervene and superimpose last-minute, unvetted judgment into the process, as this could have been perceived as manipulating the data,” it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Users can then superimpose the digital images onto their physical surroundings using their device.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
At the right altitude, he could almost superimpose the luminous map on his visor over the actual Dublin streets below him.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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The most elucidating superimposes a Pietà by Anne-Louis Girodet, David’s little-known pupil, over David’s “Marat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
A $25 coffee cup for sale on the site features his mugshot and his inmate number: P01135809, another superimposes his mugshot over a list of the criminal charges he now faces in four separate cases.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
“Father Comes Home From the Wars” superimposes Homer’s “Odyssey” on the tale of a Black man who buys his freedom by fighting for the Confederacy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
To memorialize the South Asian indentured servants brought to Trinidad and Tobago, Renluka Maharaj superimposes a photo of a woman over a British emigration pass designed for Indian women.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
Certainly, in the case of adults, an obstruction puts the individual "on his mettle", and superimposes the mastery motive upon whatever motive it may have been that originally prompted the action.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
The team has seen so many certificates that it knows what to look for: fonts; inconsistent margins; the right official’s signature; a superimposed name of a student.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
A flash of superimposed text identifies them as “*Very certified*, extremely serious ballet experts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Chirality refers to objects that cannot be superimposed on their mirror images, like left and right hands.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
Jurors cleared Barton, now of Widnes, Cheshire, over the commentary analogy with the Wests but ruled the superimposed image was grossly offensive.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
In spite of time, of the superimposed periods of mourning, and her accumulated afflictions, Úrsula resisted growing old.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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"Others appear to be an image manipulated manually, often by superimposing indicators of damage or another change on a satellite image that had no such details to begin with," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
Hence, Shirley’s Central American vacation video generated many versions of a meme superimposing his image on stills from the show’s prison arc.
From Salon ● May 7, 2025
Murnau pioneered some early special effects, including superimposing the image of Nosferatu on to a ship to create a frightening ghostly glow, Eggers goes for an earthy take, grounded in history and reality.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024
As such, elements capable of generating, propagating, superimposing, and measuring spin waves are being competitively developed worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
"You know you're superimposing our attitude on theirs," the junior officer continued tactlessly.
From Once a Greech by Smith, Evelyn E.
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