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overlapping

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verb

present participle of overlap
as in overlying
to lie over parts of one another the brochures on the display table should overlap but not so much that the titles are obscured

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlapping
Adjective
  • This symptom can look slightly different for each person and vary based on the underlying cause.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Importantly, because many of these symptoms could be the result of another underlying condition, hypothyroidism is primarily identified through laboratory testing.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Tracking shots through vast mansions, majestic overhead shots of the stag hunt and water lapping at the camera lens as a French galley slowly sinks into the ocean serve to immerse the audience in the film’s 19th century European world.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Tracking shots through vast mansions, majestic overhead shots of the stag hunt and water lapping at the camera lens as a French galley slowly sinks into the ocean serve to immerse the audience in the film’s 19th century European world.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.
    Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.
    Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
Adjective
  • So convergent function is associated with convergent disorders.
    Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But a lot of the brain circuitry and the underlying genetics is convergent.
    Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Overlapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlapping. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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