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overlapping



ADJECTIVE
covering and coinciding
Synonyms


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Establishing responsibility was also challenging because it required authorities to share maps pinpointing fire hotspots, with overlapping land claims further complicating matters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The solar cells are cut into narrow strips, layered like overlapping shingles, and connected to each other using electrically conductive adhesive, rather than metal wires.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Lonza is fully embedded in Vaxcyte’s manufacturing supply chain through multiple overlapping agreements,” the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Lee and his colleagues realized that the wake from a single quark would be much easier to identify if there were no second quark creating an overlapping disturbance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

A path led through the rough field, at the back of the house, and beyond this were only more fields, sloping this way and that, overlapping like so many pillows.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill


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