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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
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
That approach breaks down as complexity increases, and women’s financial lives often involve more overlapping roles and decision-makers.
—Dan Cavanaugh, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Nair was also individually accused of four overlapping charges.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 May 2026
District leaders say the decision ultimately came down to multiple overlapping problems.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Clinicians point to several overlapping drivers.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
At the same time, AI capital spending, while overlapping with the energy transition somewhat, is also galloping ahead full speed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Edwards explained that the role gave her a chance to dive into the complexity of all sorts of intense emotions overlapping.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Sunil Bector, an attorney with the Sierra Club, said that heavily polluting facilities will reap overlapping benefits from the assault on the Clean Air Act.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 8 May 2026
Even if passed and signed into law, the proposal may fall short for sandwich generation caregivers, who face simultaneous, overlapping demands on both ends of the age spectrum.
—Kate Perepezko, The Conversation, 8 May 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
That approach breaks down as complexity increases, and women’s financial lives often involve more overlapping roles and decision-makers.
—Dan Cavanaugh, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
Disorders such as long COVID share many overlapping symptoms with fibromyalgia, making misdiagnosis common.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Nair was also individually accused of four overlapping charges.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 May 2026
District leaders say the decision ultimately came down to multiple overlapping problems.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Clinicians point to several overlapping drivers.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
At the same time, AI capital spending, while overlapping with the energy transition somewhat, is also galloping ahead full speed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Edwards explained that the role gave her a chance to dive into the complexity of all sorts of intense emotions overlapping.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Sunil Bector, an attorney with the Sierra Club, said that heavily polluting facilities will reap overlapping benefits from the assault on the Clean Air Act.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 8 May 2026
Even if passed and signed into law, the proposal may fall short for sandwich generation caregivers, who face simultaneous, overlapping demands on both ends of the age spectrum.
—Kate Perepezko, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapping
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When it was first released in December 1980, it was seen as too weird for kids and too naive for adults, but it has since been reconsidered as a unique snapshot of intersecting talents — a strange, wonderful, one-of-a-kind movie.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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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 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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However, economists cautioned that the solid-looking topline employment numbers mask underlying weakness in the labor market.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Critically, agents can alter their own code (though not the underlying LLM), and get better at doing so.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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The neighborhood/area Facing the Arabian Sea, this resort is front and center to gentle breezes and lapping waves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
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Cassie’s OnlyFans journey begins with her making content posing as a dog, replete with dog ears, collar, leash, wrist cuffs, tail, and a satin corset from Sweeney’s lingerie line SYRN, bending over and lapping up water from a bowl on the ground.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
10 May 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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For that, organizers turn to the same technology used when Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya broke the two-hour-marathon barrier in 2019, overlaying data onto potential routes to find the optimal one.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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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
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 14 May. 2026.
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