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overlap

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


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This overlap of interests seems to already be yielding results.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

But she also noted that there could be bigger retailers out there that have more overlap with the auction site.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Kronauer's team found that some of the neuromodulatory mechanisms involved in caregiving overlap in ants and mice.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 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

All you need to bear in mind is that rhetoric is a fuzzy art: these divisions overlap and interpenetrate.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

“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

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

She asked if his comedy ever overlaps with his faith, something Colbert has been open about.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

I draw another circle that overlaps my family and I write Ben, Sabeen, me.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Some vocational qualifications that overlapped with T-levels have had funding withdrawn, while others continue to be funded following a government review.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

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

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

They said the department covered Duffy’s flights on trips that overlapped with official visits to air-traffic control facilities or assessing port infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

As these possible paths overlapped later in the experiment, they produced a detectable striped interference pattern that matched the predictions of quantum theory.

From Science Daily May 11, 2026

We just put our hands in the dirt in front of us so our fingers overlapped like box flaps and made a pact.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

He acknowledged that the merger would bring some layoffs due to overlapping roles of the now merged workforce.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The charity Bipolar UK, external said because the two conditions have overlapping traits it is not uncommon for them to be misdiagnosed.

From BBC Aug. 18, 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

After the fall of communism, the new government crafted a series of laws to return expropriated land, opening the door to a flood of overlapping claims.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Mr. Dannenberg and I are overlapping each other, our voices rising there in the bones of the railway yard.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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