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overlaid

American  
[oh-ver-layd] / ˌoʊ vərˈleɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of overlay.


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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

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

She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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