dovetailing

Example Sentences

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The neat dovetailing of Tatyana Heard and Megan Jones – a centre partnership that combines power, pace and nous – will have been particularly pleasing.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

He said it often begins around late elementary to early middle school, dovetailing with the nascent stages of puberty.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

In what could directly challenge the Olympics, the Ultimate Championships are set to be staged every two years, dovetailing with world championships held every two years in odd-numbered years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

“All these things were being celebrated, and it was weirdly dovetailing with this hyper-masculine branch of country music.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

Morning after morning it happened this way — the two of them dovetailing at an intersection, and, without the slightest hitch in stride, cruising off together.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli