dovetail

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Recent Examples of dovetail The anecdote dovetails with one of Brown’s most important moves in his eight-year mayoral tenure: persuading voters in 1998 to change Oakland’s laws so that the mayor could skip City Council meetings and run the government separately. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 June 2025 His comments dovetailed with remarks by aides, including Bessent, that yearly budget deficits could be more than halved. Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025 Conveniently dovetailing into some of the notions offered this weekend to Trump at Mar-a-Lago by Oscar-winner Voight and his team, Newsom’s pitch of a national tax incentive for big screen and small screen production is clearly aimed to appeal to Trump’s bigger-is-better inclinations. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 May 2025 This news dovetails with previous events, such as Trump welcoming the prominent antisemites Nick Fuentes and Kanye West to his home for dinner. Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dovetail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovetail
Verb
  • Another positive is the ratings, which averaged 455,000 viewers on CBS across all 10 weeks and 512,000 when not coinciding with the Summer Olympics last year.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The heat wave coincides with the longest days of the year, with Friday marking the summer solstice.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • California State University redacted the identities of those five witnesses that corresponded with Heaphy and May during the investigation in the public records provided to Fox News Digital.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
  • These bags are super easy to use: Just toss in your bottles, add the water and seal it up, and microwave for the length of time that corresponds with your microwave’s power.
    Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • On sale for $1,799 PlushBeds Botanical Bliss Organic Latex Mattress offers a combination of resilient support and conforming pressure relief.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
  • Yet this efficiency revolution carries an uncomfortable irony: these same systems may systematically exclude unconventional candidates who don't conform to algorithmic patterns, potentially filtering out the very innovators and disruptors that drive organizational breakthroughs.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Dedicated to being inclusive and providing options for all women, regardless of their size, EBY uses separate fit models for missy and plus sizes to ensure garments fit all customers perfectly.
    Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Listening and open communication are essential in designing a floor plan that fits your family's unique lifestyle and future needs.
    Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 26 June 2025

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“Dovetail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovetail. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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