dovetails

verb

present tense third-person singular of dovetail
as in coincides
to be in agreement on every point the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all

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Recent Examples of dovetails Cartier’s approach dovetails with a growing interest in vintage models and designs with a strong identity, rather than focusing only on movement specifications. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 Ayad’s account of recuperation dovetails with a campus scandal. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 The freight push dovetails with Gulf governments’ longer-running ambition to link the peninsula’s cities by passenger rail, a plan the war has made more urgent. — semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026 That demand dovetails with a larger push at Christie’s to use auctions to attract collectors who might not initially think of themselves as traditional art buyers. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The footwork inconsistency dovetails with another weakness, which was Dart’s sack rate. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 This dovetails with Enzo’s desire to emulate classic French movie star style, his favorite being Jean Gabin. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026 The Gophers quarterback established a solid foundation as a first-year starter in 2025 and the promise within his second year dovetails with his early NFL draft hype. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2026 The new video has nearly two million views and also dovetails with a recent TikTok trend of people recreating the original. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovetails
  1. coincides
  2. corresponds
  3. conforms
  4. fits
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  • That coincides with Chinese research ships spending an extraordinary amount of time apparently surveying undersea cables—not to mention Chinese commercial ships being investigated for cutting cables in both European and Asian waters.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The drama in the aforementioned case coincides with comedic actor Russell Brand’s rape trial in London.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of coincides
Verb
  • Sensory input signals go through the brainstem before being directed to the center of the brain that corresponds to that sense.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Neither corresponds to any investigation, case, incident, or call for service.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of corresponds
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  • What’s happened conforms to a classic pattern of far-left and far-right politics in France, and in Europe generally.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Related Stories InCheck reports summarize how a factory’s chemical inventory conforms to ZDHC’s Manufacturing Restricted Substances List, or MRSL.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of conforms
Verb
  • Heatbit says this fits existing electric tank water heaters from big brands sold across North America, in the standard 1-inch screw-in element port.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than continuing with a strategy that no longer fits, reassess the assumptions behind it and adjust accordingly.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of fits

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“Dovetails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovetails. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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