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overlapping



ADJECTIVE
covering and coinciding
Synonyms


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The solar cells are cut into narrow strips, layered like overlapping shingles, and connected to each other using electrically conductive adhesive, rather than metal wires.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Lee and his colleagues realized that the wake from a single quark would be much easier to identify if there were no second quark creating an overlapping disturbance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Doing so will require combining overlapping operations, and eliminating jobs without undermining the movies, television shows and streaming programming Ellison and the company need to compete for audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and moulded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Smaller trees grew overlapping against one another, creating an impenetrable wall that stretched around so far that her house and barn could have fit inside.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack



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