as in overlap
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Noun
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Cut the bacon in half to fit the smaller sides of the loaf pan and prevent overlap, which can lead to less crispy bacon when cooked.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025 -
Some areas of concern outlined in the audit overlap with the findings in an IndyStar investigation in late September, which unveiled that a top executive at the IEDC was part of decisions to award millions in grant money to entities he or two of his business associates were involved in.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Once those long reads are obtained, powerful bioinformatics software is used to build longer stretches of contiguous sequence by overlapping reads that share the same sequence of bases.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, Freiermuth and Jonnu Smith have somewhat overlapping skillsets.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Art’s imbrication in networks of money and power is hardly a contemporary phenomenon.—
Rachel Wetzler,
The New Republic,
26 Feb. 2018
Noun
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The lapping of the sea at our language is not a difficult concept to fathom.—
Adrian Vore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Shingling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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