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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as in intersecting
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Verb
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Where Robertson is getting involved has also changed, with more possession in the half-space channels due to Slot’s preference for his full-backs to make under-lapping runs rather than staying out on the touchline.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025 -
Adjacent neighborhoods in that area, as well as those west of the Turnpike and south of Plantation, could have sea water lapping into backyards on normal high tides.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Although the underlying internet protocols remained open and neutral, massive digital platforms at the application layer walled off participants from competing services by strategically breaking interoperability.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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However, if dairy is not the underlying cause of your acne, eliminating it from your diet likely won't improve your skin.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
12 Aug. 2025
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
Adjective
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This area, which falls along the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench or Kuril Trench, is known as a convergent boundary.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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This type of fault, called a convergent or thrust fault, can churn up the most powerful earthquakes on the planet, known as megathrust earthquakes.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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“Overlapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapping. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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