overlap
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The two movements overlap heavily in membership and ideas, sharing an emphasis on reasoning through evidence and probabilities, and a conviction that preventing human extinction should be a top priority.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
However, others disagreed, with one pointing out the two acts have a "huge fanbase overlap" and describing Manson as a "perfect support act".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In some ways, the new report’s findings overlap with Barr’s report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“We cannot put a moratorium on this because China will overlap us, and that’s the challenge,” Johnson said Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The passage also reminds us of the overlap in techniques for writing fiction and nonfiction.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Women showed their sharpest rise between ages 40 and 60, a period that broadly overlaps with the menopausal transition.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Milwaukee’s festival calendar stretches well beyond these two, so if your visit overlaps with one, it’s worth checking the city’s full schedule before you arrive.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
There have been mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, overlaps, layoffs, and quote-unquote efficiencies all along the way.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
There are also some overlaps with his predecessor Howe, which the German discovered in his own research and, likewise, in the analysis the club carried out about him during the interview process.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Sasha’s leg overlaps with Cal’s just the tiniest bit, almost at the ankle.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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Some vocational qualifications that overlapped with T-levels have had funding withdrawn, while others continue to be funded following a government review.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
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
Mentioning that his faith was something that many viewers connected with, she asked him if his faith and comedy overlapped.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 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
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Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and moulded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
It describes several overlapping anxieties about modern restaurant food, but its prehistory belongs, at least partly, to the ghost kitchen.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The findings may help explain why something as different as a viral infection or psychological trauma can eventually produce overlapping symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Xi did not reply in kind but rather stressed their two countries’ overlapping “interests.”
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Koffi imitated the gesture as well as she could remember, placing her overlapping hands in the center of Ekon’s chest.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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