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overlay

[oh-ver-ley, oh-ver-ley] / ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ, ˈoʊ vərˌleɪ /


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Two housing initiatives — an Affordable Housing Overlay and expansions to the Transit Oriented Communities program — would have made it possible to build affordable and mixed-income housing in areas traditionally off-limits to multifamily homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

Overlay these two data points, and a concerning picture emerges.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Overlay artist Athena Kipen, however, is much more strategic with how she chooses what cards to make art for.

From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2022

Overlay of different historical reconstructions of average temperatures over the last two thousand years.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Overlay human nature as you please, here and there some bit of rock, or mound of aboriginal soil, will crop out with the wild-flowers growing upon it, sweetening the air.

From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander




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