overlap

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Many patients share overlapping risk factors such as obesity and high blood pressure, making it hard to determine whether the kidneys themselves play a direct role in harming the heart.

From Science Daily

But in one regard, they overlap: As Cronkite was in his time, Rogan is now an essential barometer of national sentiment in a fractured and suspicious age.

From The Wall Street Journal

About 218 of those leases overlap with the buffer zones established by the law.

From Los Angeles Times

These findings help explain why different genetic disruptions can lead to overlapping symptoms and support the idea that early changes in brain development can contribute to autism.

From Science Daily

These techniques are especially valuable for studying roasted coffee, which contains a wide range of overlapping chemical components.

From Science Daily