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
The new Michigan data dovetails with other recent surveys that show ailing consumer health.
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Rob Wile, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
The Arsham Splash dovetails into Hublot’s longstanding maverick approach but also into a growing watchmaking trend of offering pieces that break away from traditional high-end watchmaking.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
This dovetails with a modern-day strand about college kids getting abducted in the desert and subjected to horrific experiments.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
The upcoming pact dovetails with ICAA’s objectives to expand its bilateral agreements worldwide.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
With some technologies acquired by SAP are wholly consumed into the company’s underbelly, SuccessFactors has retained its original identity and dovetails well with the company’s ERP suite of business function software.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That flexibility dovetails with intermittent renewable inputs, making the system especially compatible with wind and solar.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The probe also dovetails with their earlier legislation aimed at tightening transparency and ethics requirements for temporary government advisors.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Parker supplies a ready solution that nicely dovetails with Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines, and pharmaceutical interventions against disease in general.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Rob Wile, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
The Arsham Splash dovetails into Hublot’s longstanding maverick approach but also into a growing watchmaking trend of offering pieces that break away from traditional high-end watchmaking.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
This dovetails with a modern-day strand about college kids getting abducted in the desert and subjected to horrific experiments.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
The upcoming pact dovetails with ICAA’s objectives to expand its bilateral agreements worldwide.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
With some technologies acquired by SAP are wholly consumed into the company’s underbelly, SuccessFactors has retained its original identity and dovetails well with the company’s ERP suite of business function software.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That flexibility dovetails with intermittent renewable inputs, making the system especially compatible with wind and solar.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The probe also dovetails with their earlier legislation aimed at tightening transparency and ethics requirements for temporary government advisors.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Parker supplies a ready solution that nicely dovetails with Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines, and pharmaceutical interventions against disease in general.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovetails
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The action coincides with controllers’ first full missing paycheck since the shutdown began.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The danger intensifies when storm surge coincides with high tide, rapidly elevating water levels and increasing the risk of widespread flooding.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The drills were the biggest ever this year, involving more than 20,000 reservists and double the timeline of 2024’s, an extension that corresponds to swelling fears of a Chinese attack.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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JPMorgan reiterates neutral rating, lowers price objective to $1,275 from $1,300 JPMorgan’s forecast corresponds to upside of around 3%.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Golub said the project fully conforms to Antioch’s General Plan, zoning standards, and housing element requirements and that the city had already confirmed its compliance.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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The high-compression fabric conforms to the body, while the double-layered waistband ensures a secure fit.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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That fits into the bigger picture of this album.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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The half-circle shape sits flush along the wall, and the distressed white wood fits in with both modern and farmhouse rooms.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Dovetails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovetails. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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