as in overlying
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
David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
When team members travel from out of town, coordinate overlapping schedules to maximize face time.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Matt Salo, a national Medicaid expert, said these types of mistakes happen in states throughout the country because the program is rife with overlapping federal and state rules.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
There were also issues with an overlapping property line, apparently okayed in the 1970s but not allowed now.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Matt Salo, a national Medicaid expert, said these types of mistakes happen in states throughout the country because the program is rife with overlapping federal and state rules.
—Angela Hart, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Mazraoui’s overlapping run prevents Phil Foden from committing to Amad, who is left totally free.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Lockheed Martin describes this flexibility as central to the missile’s role in layered defense, where different platforms provide overlapping protection against a broad range of threats.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The book functions as a set of nesting dolls, offering stories embedded in stories, a series of overlapping detours and evasions that ultimately coalesce as a vivid and coherent whole.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Other conservative groups had overlapping missions on college campuses, but Kirk’s drive and debating skills quickly grew the footprint of TPUSA.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
When team members travel from out of town, coordinate overlapping schedules to maximize face time.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Matt Salo, a national Medicaid expert, said these types of mistakes happen in states throughout the country because the program is rife with overlapping federal and state rules.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
There were also issues with an overlapping property line, apparently okayed in the 1970s but not allowed now.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Matt Salo, a national Medicaid expert, said these types of mistakes happen in states throughout the country because the program is rife with overlapping federal and state rules.
—Angela Hart, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Mazraoui’s overlapping run prevents Phil Foden from committing to Amad, who is left totally free.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Lockheed Martin describes this flexibility as central to the missile’s role in layered defense, where different platforms provide overlapping protection against a broad range of threats.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The book functions as a set of nesting dolls, offering stories embedded in stories, a series of overlapping detours and evasions that ultimately coalesce as a vivid and coherent whole.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapping
Verb
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Earth’s substantial atmosphere and geomagnetic field block most (but not all) of this bombardment, and the sunless interiors of worlds without these properties still get protection from overlying material.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With no consideration of context, the city is proposing one of the densest types of business zoning in Chicago, B3-5, for nearly every property on 10 blocks of Broadway in Edgewater, as well as intersecting streets.—
Patricia Sharkey,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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What struck me most was the way Fauset navigates these intersecting identities with a quiet yet incisive brilliance.—
Glory Edim
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Despite these two lapping the rest of the pack in the men’s game, Alcaraz appears to have a stranglehold in their recent meetings.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wake up with the distinct call of the Asian koel and walk the silica shores as hermit crabs scuttle by and baby blacktip reef sharks play in the lapping waves.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The decision drew criticism from IU faculty, students and free-speech advocates, as many speculate that Halaby's pro-Palestinian views were the underlying reason.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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For example, our Network Operations Center and Finance teams now draw from the same underlying dataset to serve very different business needs.—
Fletcher Keister,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Other new features include Luma Key, a filter video based on brightness values that removes black backgrounds from input sources and is suitable for overlaying lower thirds, titles, logos and animations.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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
Adjective
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While social traits appear to be convergent among different species here on Earth, there’s also no reason to think that something similar would not happen elsewhere in our great cosmic beyond, Bryson argues in her Reykjavik talk.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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This area, which falls along the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench or Kuril Trench, is known as a convergent boundary.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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“Overlapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapping. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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