overlaid
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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An Instagram post on March 7 from Dubai’s official tourism account featured slick visuals of the emirate’s landmark high-rise buildings overlaid with a catchy pop-soundtrack that declares: “Dubai is still the safest place on Earth.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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
Thousands of bright stars, shown in red and blue, are overlaid on Gaia's detailed map of the Milky Way.
From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025
He went, his face overlaid with shame and misery.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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