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overlaid

[oh-ver-leyd] / ˌoʊ vərˈleɪd /




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It then overlaid a valuation screen on its score card, and came up with four names.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

The GPS showed him ground coordinates, but there was no overlaid image—no moving dot or icon—that showed where he was in relation to those coordinates.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2025

The claim is sometime made that funerals are about the living, but that reduces the event to a group therapy session, overlaid with the cloying odor of lilies and gladioli.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Thousands of bright stars, shown in red and blue, are overlaid on Gaia's detailed map of the Milky Way.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

He went, his face overlaid with shame and misery.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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