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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
Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
In the 1800s, for example, the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel used the term Zeitgeist—the spirit of times—to refer to such ubiquitous and overlapping influences that operate across both macro and micro levels.
—Maria Balaska, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The officers shouted overlapping commands, telling LaMorie to stop and drop the knife before firing seconds later.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Chicago’s finances present several overlapping crises.
—Bill Conway, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Then use your squeegee in straight, overlapping strokes to remove the solution.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
The researchers took into account overlapping risk factors such as when someone who had high lead exposure was also a smoker before developing coronary heart disease, Stanaway said.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
Many movies and shows are now overlapping between both, but there are still some separations.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2026
The Christian holiday of Easter falls on Sunday, April 5, this year, overlapping with the Jewish holiday.
—Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Far from being a single unit, a family is a set of overlapping vectors, lines that cut across one another, making chaotic patterns, dense designs.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
In the 1800s, for example, the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel used the term Zeitgeist—the spirit of times—to refer to such ubiquitous and overlapping influences that operate across both macro and micro levels.
—Maria Balaska, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Verb
Our bodies pass from one camera’s jurisdiction to another, turning the city street or suburban road into a constant cinema of overlapping angles.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The officers shouted overlapping commands, telling LaMorie to stop and drop the knife before firing seconds later.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Chicago’s finances present several overlapping crises.
—Bill Conway, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Then use your squeegee in straight, overlapping strokes to remove the solution.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
The researchers took into account overlapping risk factors such as when someone who had high lead exposure was also a smoker before developing coronary heart disease, Stanaway said.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
Many movies and shows are now overlapping between both, but there are still some separations.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2026
The Christian holiday of Easter falls on Sunday, April 5, this year, overlapping with the Jewish holiday.
—Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Far from being a single unit, a family is a set of overlapping vectors, lines that cut across one another, making chaotic patterns, dense designs.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapping
Adjective
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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
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Such a driver, which could be from an intersecting road or a driveway, faces many sources of potential crashes.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
25 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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The underlying facts of the case are still to be ruled on, but the partial ruling on Friday was a big win for immigration advocates who had been fighting to shut down the controversial site.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Kansas City Chiefs’ planned $3 billion stadium in Wyandotte County cleared a major hurdle on Friday, when the Kansas Legislature passed a bill creating a sports authority and renewing the underlying incentive program that will finance the megaproject.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The notes bounced over the lapping water, and people’s voices came in fragments.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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And nothing compares to waking up beside Alice Lake, where sunrise casts the 9,899-foot El Capitan in pale honey light—an image almost perfectly mirrored in gently lapping water below.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 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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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
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Trying to tap the ice sheet, which covers 80 percent of Greenland, for minerals is unappealing, given that all the necessary supplies would need to be brought inland by helicopter and there are kilometers of ice overlaying parts of the rock.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 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 3 Apr. 2026.
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