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to lie over parts of one another
the brochures on the display table should overlap but not so much that the titles are obscured
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Recent Examples of overlapping
Maria Balaska, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Alexander began his career with the Baltimore Ravens as a scout in 1999 and spent 20 seasons with the organization in a variety of roles, overlapping with Harbaugh.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Instead, the overlapping policies are part of an overarching strategy of layering bureaucratic hurdles to reduce legal immigration altogether, especially from certain nationalities, lawyers told the Miami Herald.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius had worked for Minneapolis Public Schools in previous years, not overlapping with Diop.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2026
And through it all, multiple overlapping systems of oppression not only remain but seem to entrench themselves deeper each year.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
New research suggests that light daily movement, such as gentle stretching, a leisurely stroll, or easy household chores like vacuuming are linked to a lower risk of death in people with these overlapping conditions, called cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Jan. 2026
What was once a show about business is now a cross-section of the overlapping institutions that make up the status quo, and how much disruptors like Harper and Whitney can — or can’t — change them.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
Here, thousands of those funnels merge into a single, multilayered structure draped across the cave's walls, where thousands of individuals live peacefully side by side in overlapping webs.
—New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
In the 1800s, for example, the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel used the term Zeitgeist—the spirit of times—to refer to such ubiquitous and overlapping influences that operate across both macro and micro levels.
—Maria Balaska, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Verb
In a world facing overlapping environmental crises, choosing meat-free meals is one of the most immediate and effective ways individuals can reduce their climate impact.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Alexander began his career with the Baltimore Ravens as a scout in 1999 and spent 20 seasons with the organization in a variety of roles, overlapping with Harbaugh.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Instead, the overlapping policies are part of an overarching strategy of layering bureaucratic hurdles to reduce legal immigration altogether, especially from certain nationalities, lawyers told the Miami Herald.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius had worked for Minneapolis Public Schools in previous years, not overlapping with Diop.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2026
And through it all, multiple overlapping systems of oppression not only remain but seem to entrench themselves deeper each year.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
New research suggests that light daily movement, such as gentle stretching, a leisurely stroll, or easy household chores like vacuuming are linked to a lower risk of death in people with these overlapping conditions, called cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Jan. 2026
What was once a show about business is now a cross-section of the overlapping institutions that make up the status quo, and how much disruptors like Harper and Whitney can — or can’t — change them.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
Here, thousands of those funnels merge into a single, multilayered structure draped across the cave's walls, where thousands of individuals live peacefully side by side in overlapping webs.
—New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapping
Adjective
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One of my personal favorite wardrobe hacks involves wearing knee-high boots with a midiskirt and using the intersecting hemlines to create a full-coverage look.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
19 Dec. 2025
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The city defines a through street as one where vehicles have the preferential right-of-way, and where drivers at intersecting streets must yield.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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But clever techniques can work around this limitation, including adaptive optics, which rapidly reshapes a mirror in the telescope to counter the motion of overlying air.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The underlying tension was bubbling up to the surface.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Beyond premium laptops, Intel is also rolling out mainstream Intel Core processors based on the same underlying Series 3 architecture.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Noise and crowds were replaced by the sounds of lapping waves and seagull cries.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Warner Bros release scored 18 noms Monday, lapping its nearest rival, Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, which got nine.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.—
Anil Ananthaswamy,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Apr. 2023
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Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.—
Gabriel Popkin,
Science | AAAS,
3 June 2021
Verb
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The only thing Bloom didn't show on camera were the stocks her husband, David Pownall, purchased for her, as the content creator noted in overlaying text at the beginning of the video.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025
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In Texas, overlaying precincts with current and proposed maps shows how elections could unfold.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For Conway Morris, human-level intelligence is a convergent trait that might well appear again given the right conditions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Reverse faults, found at convergent boundaries, are responsible for the most powerful quakes—megathrust events—often exceeding magnitude eight and accounting for the majority of global seismic energy release.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Overlapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapping. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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