Verb
the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all
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Noun
The questions raised above dovetail nicely into just the type of conversations Caring Across Generations hopes to provoke, expand and transform by getting into the content business.—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024 But Popper’s book goes much deeper, detailing why the internet’s fascination around trading dovetails with other phenomena defining our current culture, from Donald Trump to sports gambling.—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 10 June 2024
Verb
That misstep soon dovetails into a wooden conclusion that, for better or worse, feels holistically unearned.—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 July 2024 The forthcoming budgetary cuts dovetail with a multibillion-dollar financial shortfall that has been on the state’s radar for years.—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for dovetail
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