overlap
Example Sentences
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It’s now simple routine, but that overlap of food and dance isn’t something I ever would have predicted.
From Salon
Given the narrative and thematic overlap between “Goodbye June” and “The Chronology of Water,” this dissonance is even more curious.
From Salon
She is currently working on "the first English shield wall", in which nine soldiers are standing close together with overlapping shields.
From BBC
The definitional creep of what we now consider middle age—pushed back, perhaps, because of the increasing delay in starting families—means that it often overlaps with the territory of old age.
In turn, each player makes a distinct statement, yet these are concise and never without context; they sound less like solos than smart, overlapping dialogue.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
