overlaid

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Each has an episode named for him — as with “Adolescence” it’s a four-part show — the overlaid shifting focus fitting quite well into the novel’s chronology.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

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

Thoughtfully placed inserts—most often religious imagery and text—were overlaid on the images to fill in negative space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

On this map, however, India was called Malabar, and the island, which I knew to be Sri Lanka, was overlaid with slinky script that read Land of Serendip.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs