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overlaid

[oh-ver-layd] / ˌoʊ vərˈleɪd /




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Like other smart glasses, Specs will use AI to let people see digital elements overlaid onto the world.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Another post showed a map of North America - including Canada and Mexico - and Greenland all overlaid with the US flag.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Three hours before the match, AFP spoke with several protesters who held tickets and wore T-shirts printed with that pre-revolution flag -- horizontal green, white and red stripes overlaid with a sun and a lion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Seeds are visible among the chopped roasted chiles, smoky and vegetal and bringing some heat, overlaid with a single square of American cheese melted into place.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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