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Example Sentences

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When a strong jet streak overlies a developing low-pressure system, it creates a feedback pattern that makes warm air rise at an increasing rate.

From Scientific American

Researchers found that early stage melanomas which are at risk of spreading secrete a growth factor which causes the reduction, or downregulation, of certain proteins in the skin overlying the tumour.

From BBC

Tornadoes are born of severe thunderstorms when warm humid surface air is overlain by cooler, drier air aloft, producing what meteorologists call a “conditionally unstable atmosphere.”

From Washington Post

Each rock layer and formation provides a glimpse of the old and incredibly complex history of the Earth, with human civilization just a thin veneer overlying the rest.

From Seattle Times

I also took care of an 18-year-old patient whose eating disorder was precipitated by parental job losses and food insecurity overlying a diet-sensitive, genetic condition.

From Washington Post