overlapping 1 of 2

present participle of overlap
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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overlapping

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adjective

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Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • His fastball run value ranks in the 90th percentile, and his underlying numbers align closely with his actual results.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 July 2025
  • The underlying rationale behind the shift is the argument that centralized federal systems create moral hazards, stifle local innovation, and make states overly reliant on Washington.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.
    Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • The convergent lady beetle, for whom aphids are its main food source, eats up to 50 a day.2 There are environmental and ethical considerations, too.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025
  • What remain enduringly relevant are the book’s insights into the nature of design innovation, which Jencks described as analogous to biological evolution, a constant flow of emergent, divergent, and convergent streams.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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“Overlapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapping. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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