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dovetail

[duhv-teyl] / ˈdʌvˌteɪl /


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The two themes also dovetail neatly with the AI diffusion into the defense industries.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 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

But the movie’s verité style of thumbnail portraiture doesn’t always dovetail neatly with the other elements: the unloading of facts, getting those drone shots in and projecting a thriller-like atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

Noting Swift's tendency to dovetail her projects, he thinks there will be some sort of "news-making" announcement at her final show.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Reality and the new science happened, in certain areas of physics, to dovetail quite neatly together.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton