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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

For four of the others, Nike licensed game photos from Getty Images, overlaid tag designs from Ramos and then had the images blown up and printed as murals.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

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

It was overlaid with a tracery of flowers and leaves wrought of silver and gold, and on it were set in elven-runes formed of many gems the name Andúril and the lineage of the sword.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien