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dovetail

[duhv-teyl] / ˈdʌvˌteɪl /


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Gavekal’s chief executive officer, Louis Gave, wrote a note to clients Monday which tended to dovetail with Turner’s opinion.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Tech companies find it easy to introduce AI into their business models because they dovetail so well together, with the controlled environments of industrial applications not far behind.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

And when these apparitions vanish, the text’s overriding theme—of life’s evanescence but also its beauty—does finally dovetail with the ghostly images created by the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

These thoughts dovetail sharply with Gibson grappling with their hair loss and other side effects from chemotherapy.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2025

“Of course,” I said, unaccountably excited that the story was at last beginning to dovetail with my own experience.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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