overlaps

present tense third-person singular of overlap
as in overlies
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 overlaps Vitamin D supplements are another, since vitamin D deficiency often overlaps with SAD and can cause many of the same symptoms, like fatigue. Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025 Chasing a stoppage-time winner at the Bernabeu to keep their title hopes alive in April 2017, Alba overlaps Andre Gomes on the left. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Still, Molina’s tenure overlaps with the council’s deadline to make transportation board appointments. Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025 The change in leadership overlaps with the government shutdown which could lead to layoffs at the agency, Bloomberg reported Monday morning. Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 Wherever the bacon overlaps, you’re left with slightly soggy edges, so only small bits of overlap are ideal. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025 Sunday’s day game overlaps with a San Francisco 49ers home game in Santa Clara. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 Koestler suggests that a stroke of good fortune, or a vision of the sublime, may evoke a sense of powerlessness — of being rapt, overwhelmed, enraptured, entranced — which overlaps with the helplessness of loss and defeat, and which evokes a similar surrender. Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025 In a few areas, the trail overlaps with state bike paths, offering yet another way to explore. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlaps
laps
Verb
  • There were no real victory laps for anyone.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Probably nobody really took it that personally, but all the victory laps she’s been taking over the last two years felt incomplete — like a lap-ette — without a proper major SoCal show to celebrate her ascendance into the pop firmament.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Overlaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlaps. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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