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
While fashion and beauty have long overlapped, the partnership reflects growing interest from a wider range of brands looking to expand into adjacent categories without building in-house expertise from scratch.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
This month, James was celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Cavaliers’ championship with teammates, a trip that overlapped with Father’s Day.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Alois as husband and father Alois Hitler was married three times, though the extent to which some of his relationships overlapped is blurry.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
López overlapped with Stearns in Houston, and enjoyed success in 12 seasons as a minor-league manager with the organization.
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Will Sammon,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
But the existence of culture in the hominins that preceded (and sometimes overlapped with) us isn’t really such an extraordinary claim anymore.
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ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
Analysis of zinc isotopes preserved in fossilized shark teeth, published in Nature Communications in 2022, found that when great white sharks and megalodon coexisted during the Pliocene, their diets overlapped significantly, both feeding high up the same food chain on marine mammals.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
In addition, Sweeney’s time with the Bucks overlapped for three years with John Hammond’s tenure as Milwaukee’s general manager when the franchise drafted Antetokounmpo with the 15th pick in 2013.
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Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
Douglas’ work at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory overlapped with spacecraft exploration programs some of my colleagues participated in as scientists.
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Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
This month, James was celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Cavaliers’ championship with teammates, a trip that overlapped with Father’s Day.
—
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Alois as husband and father Alois Hitler was married three times, though the extent to which some of his relationships overlapped is blurry.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
López overlapped with Stearns in Houston, and enjoyed success in 12 seasons as a minor-league manager with the organization.
—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
But the existence of culture in the hominins that preceded (and sometimes overlapped with) us isn’t really such an extraordinary claim anymore.
—
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
Analysis of zinc isotopes preserved in fossilized shark teeth, published in Nature Communications in 2022, found that when great white sharks and megalodon coexisted during the Pliocene, their diets overlapped significantly, both feeding high up the same food chain on marine mammals.
—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
In addition, Sweeney’s time with the Bucks overlapped for three years with John Hammond’s tenure as Milwaukee’s general manager when the franchise drafted Antetokounmpo with the 15th pick in 2013.
—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
Douglas’ work at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory overlapped with spacecraft exploration programs some of my colleagues participated in as scientists.
—
Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapped
Verb
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Even then, after days of heavy rain, polluted lagoon water lapped at the edges of the city.
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The laps at Pocono are so long that a car won’t be lapped after pitting if within 10 seconds of the leader.
Verb
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These included a selfie taken at a Texas Christian University football game and overlaid with the Palestinian flag.
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Inspired by this, Carlito overlaid the Robusto’s Cameroon wrapper with a Dominican Corojo wrapper.
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“Overlapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapped. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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