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
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Between the four early aughts shows, there is quite a bit of overlap.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
That’s been hard to do with some of their core players missing games, and overlapping absences are making wins hard to come by too.
—Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Executives on the call (including WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels and JB Perrette, President of Global Streaming and Games) fielded questions on what assets will live where and areas of overlap.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Between the four early aughts shows, there is quite a bit of overlap.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
The Ceballos empire overlaps with another intriguing figure in the murky world of Latin American finance, Diego Marynburg.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
That’s been hard to do with some of their core players missing games, and overlapping absences are making wins hard to come by too.
—Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlap
Noun
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The lapping of the sea at our language is not a difficult concept to fathom.—
Adrian Vore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sample collection lasted about three to four years just for Cretaceous rocks, while another four to five were spent on the overlying rock that shows when mammals lived at the site after the dinosaurs went extinct.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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There is no overlying narration from witnesses or law experts.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Pick a distant parking spot at the grocery store, for example, or walk laps around the field while your child is at soccer practice.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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Small, viscous waves lapped against the shore, the swell leaving behind a brown shelf of decaying organic matter.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Calm team worked with the film’s sound designer, Lee Salevan, and composer Bryce Dessner, utilizing the film’s sound stems and score cues overlaid with sections of dialogue from Bentley and Greg Kwedar’s script.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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For example, in one platform’s presentation, none of the content demonstrated was localized into English, and video clips shown were not stripped of the extensive Japanese text overlays that are a hallmark of Japanese television, despite the platform being meant for international producers.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Overlap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlap. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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