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overlap

[oh-ver-lap, oh-ver-lap] / ˌoʊ vərˈlæp, ˈoʊ vərˌlæp /


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Instead, the shocks have persisted and now overlap with a surge in demand from the artificial-intelligence build-out that is raising prices for technology equipment and software.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Some qualifications that overlap with newer technical qualifications, such as T-levels, have had funding withdrawn, while others have been retained.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

All the same, the fatty acid profile of tallow does overlap with some lipids found in human skin and sebum, including palmitic, stearic and oleic acids.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Calculations involving proton vibrational wavefunction overlap integrals supported this interpretation.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Some of the tunnels overlap, and at one point they’re above, beside, and below us.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

“I think that’s the most common pitfall we see. You can get overlaps in exposures, or gaps in exposures, that you don’t realize that you have.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The salmonella outbreak overlaps with the nation’s largest-ever cyclospora outbreak, tied to shredded iceberg lettuce, that has sickened thousands of people over the past several weeks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

That marketing often overlaps with another popular selling point: the word “natural.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

However, the timing of the bombardment overlaps with a period of widespread cooling and major biological changes, raising the possibility that the impacts affected the planet's environment.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

“Research often overlaps in ways nobody expects,” Dr. Achebe said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The period in which respondents were surveyed overlapped with the tentative ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and the end of the agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

The tertulias at Alemana became the space where artists, journalists, and drunks overlapped freely.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

During Trump's first term, the US president and former Brazilian president Bolsonaro enjoyed a friendly relationship when their presidencies overlapped, and the two had met at the White House in 2019.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

The team also examined whether the diets of more common fungi-eating mammals overlapped with the Gilbert's potoroo.

From Science Daily May 20, 2026

Mom and Dad hardly left me with anybody at first, but sometimes their work schedules overlapped, and they needed a third person to help out.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

One of the goals of the merger is to shave costs by consolidating overlapping business divisions and back-office functions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Instead, the findings suggest that very different experiences may sometimes engage overlapping brain processes associated with altered states of consciousness.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The Journal only looked at ratings that were in effect during overlapping periods and used discrete, nine-character identifiers—known as Cusip numbers—to identify debt instruments that were rated by both Egan-Jones and a competitor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

These three overlapping layers are responsible for higher rates and not just in the U.S. but everywhere.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

By juxtaposing the pieces of paper against each other and overlapping one color with another, one can almost produce every shade of color.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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