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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
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.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Dec. 2024
In the Prime Video clip overlaid with a theme track, the protagonist can be seen preparing to do battle against enemies who have arrived at his house, as the tension ratchets up.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
Winter waves have less to do with winter, Osterholm said, and more to do with the unpredictable emergence of new variants overlaid on waning immunity.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Background on TikTok TikTok is a social-media platform that lets users create, upload, and watch short video clips overlaid with text, voiceovers, and music.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Dec. 2024
In the Prime Video clip overlaid with a theme track, the protagonist can be seen preparing to do battle against enemies who have arrived at his house, as the tension ratchets up.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
Winter waves have less to do with winter, Osterholm said, and more to do with the unpredictable emergence of new variants overlaid on waning immunity.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Background on TikTok TikTok is a social-media platform that lets users create, upload, and watch short video clips overlaid with text, voiceovers, and music.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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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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How Speaker Mike Johnson’s bond with Trump shapes GOP future How Trump's top administration picks reflect broad geographic diversity A politics pit stop Inauguration and MLK Day overlap for the third time ever.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
19 Jan. 2025
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The 10-minute session — which will likely overlap with the Trump inauguration, in case anyone needs a timeout from that — reiterates Lynch’s longtime practice and belief in the methods of Transcendental Meditation.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
19 Jan. 2025
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See some of the deals January 27, 2025 3:16 PM Chiefs Here’s Steve Spagnuolo’s favorite detail from blitz that sent Chiefs to Super Bowl January 27, 2025 6:30 AM See all stories The Kansas City Star 816-234-4730 Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
27 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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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 3 Feb. 2025.
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