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as in to coat
to form a layer over
you should apply a coat of primer first, and then overlay it with two coats of paint
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as in to overlap
to lie over parts of one another
cedar shingles overlaying one another on the roof
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Recent Examples of overlay
Club Dispersion Patterns: Users can view personalized club accuracy patterns overlaid on maps of golf holes within the Bushnell Golf app, providing clear visual indicators to guide club selection and course management decisions.
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Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The feline appears to hiss at the newcomers, according to another note overlaid on the clip.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
These waves are propagated to the related facial areas and are overlaid to generate complex facial movements in real time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2024
During Saturday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, the Madden Cast on Peacock will overlay video game routes and play call options on top of the action.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The feline appears to hiss at the newcomers, according to another note overlaid on the clip.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
These waves are propagated to the related facial areas and are overlaid to generate complex facial movements in real time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2024
During Saturday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, the Madden Cast on Peacock will overlay video game routes and play call options on top of the action.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlay
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The same color, but at a 50 percent saturation, also coats the house's exterior.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Jan. 2025
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Pennies used to be made entirely of copper but the government switched to producing pennies that were 98 percent zinc and just coated in copper after the coins began disappearing when Americans began hoarding them to be repurposed as copper washers.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Their personalities, stories and overlapping narratives produce their own gravitational pull, meaning the crux of women’s football’s (still vigorously) pulsing tribalism is not as simple as being from that part of the country, nor are the lines as black and white.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Mecklenburg County paid almost $11,000 to send a county commissioner and staff member to Germany for an economic development trip that overlapped with a Carolina Panthers game in Munich.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2025
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More than 10,000 people have bought the face covering on Amazon this month, earning it the spot of top best-seller.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Jan. 2025
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Officials at the National Weather Service (NWS) have raised the alarm by issuing a series of warnings that cover areas across three states: California, Nevada, and Alaska.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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But Maduro’s numbers have been widely discredited by both domestic and international observers, based on both polling prior to the election and tally sheets the opposition was able to recover from voting machines before Maduro’s forces shut down the count.—
Rafael Bernal,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.—
The Sorenson Impact Institute,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
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“Overlay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlay. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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