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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

Three hours before the match, AFP spoke with several protesters who held tickets and wore T-shirts printed with that pre-revolution flag -- horizontal green, white and red stripes overlaid with a sun and a lion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 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

He is covered with Parisian soot and grime, overlaid with splatters and spatters of paint: ochre, brick red, orange, lemon chrome, cobalt blue, green, black, zinc white.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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