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shingled

verb

past tense of shingle
as in overlapped

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  1. overlapped
  2. overlaid
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  • His videos Continentes, confetes (2023) and Encontro amoroso do círculo com o quadrado (2023) were shown in a room filled with colored paper that bounced across three white walls and geometric shapes that slowly overlapped each other, respectively.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Only a relatively small fraction of their complex molecular compositions overlapped.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Forms of slave knowledge, overlaid on Indigenous ones, were influential in treating dysentery and elaborating antidotes for poisonings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The opening credits of the film, featuring newsreel footage of military parades overlaid with glitchy effects and harsh techno music, appear to nod at some equating of the America of today with the authoritarian governments of the past.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Shingled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingled. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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