overlapped

past tense of overlap
as in lapped
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 overlapped Her content creation has seamlessly overlapped with her duties as co-cheer captain as well. Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 The Ho-Oh ex card in particular looked to be extremely similar to a prior fan work, with near-identical features shown when the artwork was overlapped. Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said Carson faced several allegations that overlapped in time and that the officer had due process and collective bargaining rights. Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025 And how the show’s themes sometimes overlapped with what was happening on screen. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025 Your fiction has sometimes overlapped with your reality. Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025 But those two players’ careers barely overlapped. Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025 The drumming clashed, the chants overlapped, the air hung heavy with incense — and yet no one was confused. Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 The survey of roughly 40,000 households in the country did not include questions to explain what caused the drop in jobs numbers, but the timing of immigration enforcement in California overlapped with this decrease in employment numbers, Flores said. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapped
Verb
  • Now, Scheffler has lapped the world in terms of recent accomplishments.
    Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The sensationalist yellow press, at the peak of its influence at the time, lapped it all up.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • Vonblum says this is due to potential fire risk, as those areas are also overlaid as fire hazard severity zones.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Garments that didn’t rely on magnificent silhouettes were instead detailed in ornate beading, lined with feathers or overlaid with layers of lace.
    Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Overlapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapped. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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