as in underlying
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as in overlying
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as in coating
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 overlapping
to lie over parts of one another
cedar shingles overlaying one another on the roof
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Recent Examples of overlaying
Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Fears was one of the most vocal supporters of a $55 million general obligation bond approved by Independence voters last year, earmarked for rebuilding and overlaying streets around Independence.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
As music played in the background, overlaying captions appeared on screen beside Bader, 30, who underwent bariatric surgery in December 2023.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Trying to tap the ice sheet, which covers 80 percent of Greenland, for minerals is unappealing, given that all the necessary supplies would need to be brought inland by helicopter and there are kilometers of ice overlaying parts of the rock.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
In Texas, overlaying precincts with current and proposed maps shows how elections could unfold.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The Quantum Internet will not replace the classical Internet but augment it, overlaying quantum signals with classical bits.
—Mallik Tatipamula, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025
Podlesí is notorious for its boring atmosphere, overlaying everything like a thick blanket.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Last year at Connect, Meta unveiled its Orion glasses, which are a prototype capable of overlaying complex 3D visuals onto the physical world.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
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For that, organizers turn to the same technology used when Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya broke the two-hour-marathon barrier in 2019, overlaying data onto potential routes to find the optimal one.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Fears was one of the most vocal supporters of a $55 million general obligation bond approved by Independence voters last year, earmarked for rebuilding and overlaying streets around Independence.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
As music played in the background, overlaying captions appeared on screen beside Bader, 30, who underwent bariatric surgery in December 2023.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Trying to tap the ice sheet, which covers 80 percent of Greenland, for minerals is unappealing, given that all the necessary supplies would need to be brought inland by helicopter and there are kilometers of ice overlaying parts of the rock.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
In Texas, overlaying precincts with current and proposed maps shows how elections could unfold.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The Quantum Internet will not replace the classical Internet but augment it, overlaying quantum signals with classical bits.
—Mallik Tatipamula, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025
Podlesí is notorious for its boring atmosphere, overlaying everything like a thick blanket.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Last year at Connect, Meta unveiled its Orion glasses, which are a prototype capable of overlaying complex 3D visuals onto the physical world.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlaying
Adjective
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Surges can sometimes indicate an underlying wiring issue or a problem with your main breaker.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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Tech-art studio Rhizomatiks and Dentsu design experts, both based in Japan, continued honing the capabilities as underlying technology improved.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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The process begins by separating a couple of small silicon chips from a larger sheet, then coating them with a layer of oxide in a high-temperature furnace.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
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The chef deep-fries his mushroom patties in avocado oil after coating them with acorn flour.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The process changed their understanding of the Holocaust in different but overlapping ways.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Since the Washington Hilton is a large hotel with multiple venues and hundreds of rooms, those overlapping layers of security start from outside the hotel and work inward.—
Donald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Their station Y’Allternative will also be covering the festival on Sunday.—
Katie Simons,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Before the Hill, Cusack was a reporter and editor for Inside Washington Publishers, covering the Labor Department and the Department of Health and Human Services.—
Bob Cusack,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.—
Anil Ananthaswamy,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Apr. 2023
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Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.—
Gabriel Popkin,
Science | AAAS,
3 June 2021
Verb
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The results are somewhat ambiguous as to how much ice may lurk unseen beneath layers of overlying ice-sparse material.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2026
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However, those sea surface temperatures will be far warmer than the overlying air temperatures.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Overlaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlaying. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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