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
Sunday’s day game overlaps with a San Francisco 49ers home game in Santa Clara.
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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
Seroussi surveys the history and state of attention to music in Jewish Studies and, in doing so, suggests some of the typical approaches, questions, and tensions that can surround any interdisciplinary project that overlaps with Jewish Studies.
—Josh Lambert, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
Every guardian has a different set of skills to match each role, but the Tsurugi skills are bespoke to each while the Kagura abilities can be selected from an unlockable pool that overlaps among the group.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
So, anything in Mysterious Skin that overlaps with my other movies is just an example of how much Scott and I are aligned.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
The volume of literature on mindfulness, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, social intelligence, and agility is overwhelming and much of it overlaps.
—Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
At this stage, there are no names assured of one of the top recruitment jobs, but delegating responsibilities from vacated positions to existing staff could help streamline what is a large headcount, which some feel already overlaps in places.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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
Seroussi surveys the history and state of attention to music in Jewish Studies and, in doing so, suggests some of the typical approaches, questions, and tensions that can surround any interdisciplinary project that overlaps with Jewish Studies.
—Josh Lambert, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
Every guardian has a different set of skills to match each role, but the Tsurugi skills are bespoke to each while the Kagura abilities can be selected from an unlockable pool that overlaps among the group.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
So, anything in Mysterious Skin that overlaps with my other movies is just an example of how much Scott and I are aligned.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
The volume of literature on mindfulness, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, social intelligence, and agility is overwhelming and much of it overlaps.
—Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
At this stage, there are no names assured of one of the top recruitment jobs, but delegating responsibilities from vacated positions to existing staff could help streamline what is a large headcount, which some feel already overlaps in places.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlaps
laps
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One to two of these selections per day pair perfectly with feet-in-the-sand beach reads and laps in the infinity pool.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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And just like in sports, there were some nailbiting finishes, a few major upsets and a whole lot of victory laps to take.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Overlaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlaps. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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