overlaid
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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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
Scientists at paint manufacturer PPG built a database containing the properties of all of their products, overlaid with the laws of chemistry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
They overlaid effects onto their selfies, transforming their faces into cute dogs and even puking rainbows.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 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
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
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