overlaid
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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It’s also unoriginal: Pundits have overlaid charts showing recent gains for the Magnificent Seven with dot-coms, the Roaring ’20s, railroad fever, Japanese property and tulip bulbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
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
Now Snap plans to release augmented reality glasses in 2026 that let people interact with digital images overlaid onto the physical world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
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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