dovetailing

present participle of dovetail

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dovetailing Its Coastersaurus roller coaster is scheduled to reopen Sunday, dovetailing with National Roller Coaster Day. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 The pattern has been identical on the right flank, with Porro’s clinching goal against France being a perfect example of the dovetailing wide players working to full effect. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026 Others including Messika, Repossi and Graff, dovetailing their high jewelry with a broader selection of their offerings. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026 The clever live production finds cool cat bassist Rick Savage thrumming out a solo before dovetailing into the song’s familiar opening riff, which gives Elliott enough time to dash to the top level of the theater to belt the evocative anthem. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 The vision is primed to keep expanding, dovetailing with a number of upcoming events. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026 Season 1 had an ideal structure in the trio of obstacles engineered by Alexandre, dovetailing with Camille and Issei’s dawning acceptance of each other as allies instead of enemies. — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026 Even as wedding registries shift and honeymoon funds replace fine china, antique case pieces and modern iterations of china cabinets are on the rise again—dovetailing with modern maximalism’s emphasis on playing up your home’s personality and the design world’s recent sweet spot for nostalgia. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2026 But after a beaming Wilkins stood beside Patel at his swearing-in ceremony in February, that number skyrocketed to 105,300 streams, dovetailing to 17,400 and 10,600 streams in the following two weeks. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovetailing
Verb
  • Its new edition, which hits shelves on October 23, coinciding with Art Basel Paris, artist Cindy Sherman graces the cover in full Chanel tweed.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • With the festival’s first weekend coinciding with the Brazilian presidential elections, almost every conversation overheard at RioMarket during the event’s early days was intertwined with politics.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • When the food is ready, the order number appears on a screen above the kiosks as well as on individual screens at each corresponding stall.
    — Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Abhishek Menon, the study’s corresponding author and a graduate student, said solving the engineering challenges associated with heavier ions could also simplify trapping lighter species.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Here is a map and table with the conforming loan limits by county for 2026.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than conforming to what others — especially her brothers — expect of her, Red Jacob urges Ellen to play to her own unique strengths.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • These do convey a sense of disassociation fitting for a woman like Colette, who seems to leave her body in the midst of her degrading work, but in this case, the repetition does not build or reveal more emotion.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Navigation aside, the mechanism also gives engineers a way to produce powerful movements without fitting a larger motor.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Dovetailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovetailing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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