as in overlap
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Noun
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There were overlaps, but there was no one name or label for all of them.—
Kelsy Mittauer,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026 -
There’s also a real danger of creative overlap.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Chitons belong to the class Polyplacophora, a group of marine mollusks — distant relatives of snails, clams, and octopuses — distinguished by a series of overlapping shell plates running down their backs.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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Chitons are distant relatives of snails, clams, and octopuses, distinguished by overlapping shell plates running down their backs.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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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From my perch on a sun lounger, Friendship Bay stretches out below me – the curve of the powdery sand beach, the impossible blue of the sea and the calming lapping of the waves against the shore.—
Rebekah Evans,
TheWeek,
5 Feb. 2026
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As Amanyara’s resident wellness expert guided me through a sound healing session and harmonized the vibrations of a Tibetan singing bowl, the lapping of the ocean waves seemed to still.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Shingling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingling. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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