as in lapping
a partial covering of one thing by an adjoining member
the orthodontist will try to fix that overlap of two of your upper incisors
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as in to overlie
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 overlap
Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The overlap in the Venn diagram of the beliefs of Mormons (especially the reality-TV variety) and the traditional values The Bachelor has long espoused is basically a circle.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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
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Noun
There’s some overlap, sure, but folks who tune into audio stories, those are my people.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The overlap in the Venn diagram of the beliefs of Mormons (especially the reality-TV variety) and the traditional values The Bachelor has long espoused is basically a circle.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
Their time on the long-running series overlapped for years.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlap
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
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This upward surge of water fractured the overlying ice sheet, creating new channels for the water to escape.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Chevy’s confidence in the ZR1 also felt a bit more palpable, as proven by a previous media launch held earlier this year that featured almost unlimited lapping throughout a hot day at the United States’ premier Formula One track, the Circuit of the Americas.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The sound department actually played the music that would overlay the scene as Dockery acted.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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At its core, Caption with Intention is a novel captioning design system which aims to significantly augment several critical points of failure within traditional captioning by overlaying animation, color and variable typography to bring the text to life.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Overlap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlap. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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