shingling 1 of 2

noun

as in overlap

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shingling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of shingle
as in overlapping

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  1. overlap
  2. overlapping
  3. imbrication
  4. lapping
Noun
  • Technical Wellness This is an area where SEO and AEO closely overlap.
    — Tyler Jordan, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Justice Department has argued in its suit that the name overlap risks confusing voters.
    — Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of overlap
Verb
  • The three sisters spend much of the film’s runtime apart, rather than the film exploring an overlapping dynamic between them.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Prakash said these facilities face overlapping threats from flooding, heat, unreliable electricity and water scarcity.
    — Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of overlapping
Noun
  • Art’s imbrication in networks of money and power is hardly a contemporary phenomenon.
    — Rachel Wetzler, The New Republic, 26 Feb. 2018
Definition of imbrication
Noun
  • Keep going down to the little beach, where two paddleboards and a handful of beach loungers (the good kind, made of fabric and with a footrest) sit at the gentle lapping edge of the sound.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Wave percale sheets are guaranteed to lull you to sleep, like you’re being rocked by the gentle lapping of the ocean.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026
Definition of lapping
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