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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
Overall, the vibe is a mix of south Florida’s monied social scene overlaid with the power dynamics of an executive job fair.
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Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Scenes in which ‘Greatest Day’ overlay the burgeoning romance between Mikey Madison’s titular character and Mark Eydelshteyn’s Ivan are some of the most prominent in the movie.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
The groundwork is a light pencil sketch of the area’s streets and buildings, which Fassler has overlaid with dense textual commentaries.
—Mara Hoberman, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The beers are also local, the nachos are big, and the background chat is often overlaid with live music.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Snow can quickly coat the ground and make for slippery travel, especially on bridges and overpasses.—
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Snow and ice coated the tarmac, and powerful, blustery winds could be seen on video.—
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Crafted over eight decades ago by master architect Richard Neutra, this site-specific Los Angeles residence consists of two overlapping stucco and redwood cubes deftly angled into the steeply sloping terrain.—
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But mention of the ‘Chris Basham Role’ — the right overlapping side of a back three — inevitably takes the mind straight back to those days when Wilder and assistant Alan Knill devised a ground-breaking system destined to propel United up the divisions.—
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State Farm General covers more than 2.8 million policyholders in California.—
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Jayson has covered baseball for more than 30 years.—
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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.—
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Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.—
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“Overlay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlay. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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