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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
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Tristan Bove, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
City leaders have also taken a new step of prohibiting all special event permits on Picnic Day, a move intended to reduce congestion, limit overlapping crowds and allow emergency services to respond more effectively.
—Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Arrange on top of chicken mixture, overlapping squares as needed to cover surface.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
Seen from behind, the gown descended into a waterfall drapery with overlapping layers of white and green satin—a tribute to the colors of the Pakistani flag.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Production designer Nikhil Kovale and his team followed, and the background extras were coached in the inattentive, overlapping business of real hearings rather than the rapt pantomime standard to Bollywood courtroom scenes.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Those questions will be familiar for anyone who has watched The White Lotus, and, now that Beef follows the overlapping tensions among Monte Vista Point’s owners, employees, and members, comparisons with that series will be inevitable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
By design, the platform should reduce suppliers’ duplicative audits tied to overlapping brand requests.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
Ford noted that spring storms often bring overlapping risks, but warned that potential power outages could worsen flooding.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
The multitude of overlapping challenges is already causing food prices to rise.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
City leaders have also taken a new step of prohibiting all special event permits on Picnic Day, a move intended to reduce congestion, limit overlapping crowds and allow emergency services to respond more effectively.
—Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Arrange on top of chicken mixture, overlapping squares as needed to cover surface.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
Seen from behind, the gown descended into a waterfall drapery with overlapping layers of white and green satin—a tribute to the colors of the Pakistani flag.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Production designer Nikhil Kovale and his team followed, and the background extras were coached in the inattentive, overlapping business of real hearings rather than the rapt pantomime standard to Bollywood courtroom scenes.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Those questions will be familiar for anyone who has watched The White Lotus, and, now that Beef follows the overlapping tensions among Monte Vista Point’s owners, employees, and members, comparisons with that series will be inevitable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
By design, the platform should reduce suppliers’ duplicative audits tied to overlapping brand requests.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
Ford noted that spring storms often bring overlapping risks, but warned that potential power outages could worsen flooding.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapping
Adjective
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Beef takes off from there, laying out intersecting circles of power and competition.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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The result is a potentially perfect storm of intersecting factors that could pop the artificial intelligence industry bubble.—
Rafi Schwartz,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The results are somewhat ambiguous as to how much ice may lurk unseen beneath layers of overlying ice-sparse material.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2026
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However, those sea surface temperatures will be far warmer than the overlying air temperatures.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Fed officials then could look through the March spike and concentrate more on the underlying path of inflation, which has remained above target for five years.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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One said an underlying measure of inflation the Federal Reserve considers important was slightly hotter in February than economists expected.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As Rahm was lapping the field at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico, LIV fired off a press release announcing that the league would be returning to the same venue in 2027.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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From curling waves and the golden sands along the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the warm Gulf of Mexico waters gently lapping onto the white sand beaches to the west, there truly is a beach for everyone.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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
Verb
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Fears was one of the most vocal supporters of a $55 million general obligation bond approved by Independence voters last year, earmarked for rebuilding and overlaying streets around Independence.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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As music played in the background, overlaying captions appeared on screen beside Bader, 30, who underwent bariatric surgery in December 2023.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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On curved surfaces, parallel trajectories intersect—liberation movements that appear separate on maps organized around Euroamerican centers were always convergent in Afro-Asian circuits.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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This one being of post-war emancipation, when the convergent forces of wanting to achieve a sun tan and wanting to show some skin became newly acceptable among socially progressive young people.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2025
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“Overlapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapping. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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