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overlap

[oh-ver-lap, oh-ver-lap] / ˌoʊ vərˈlæp, ˈoʊ vərˌlæp /


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So expect plenty of overlap here, even if Mars and Swift each submitted different songs in the two categories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

This overlap has prompted researchers to investigate whether NBPs might provide benefits for the brain as well as the skeleton.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

You might have noticed some overlap in the above dates.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Robinson Worldwide executives pushed back on analyst concerns that its acquisition of rival freight broker RXO could create operational overlap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The ranges of the four voices overlap, but singers may find themselves straining or getting an unpleasant sound at the top or a weak sound at the bottom of their ranges.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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

Nokomis cut new bark, made fancy overlaps and rain diversion flaps.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Their diets therefore overlapped with those of the human population.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The tenure of Christina Paxson, the longest-serving Ivy League president, has overlapped with a volatile period in higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The roles overlapped, but Robb and the mayor’s office insisted there was a firewall between Robb and the mayor regarding the Lineage fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

The tertulias at Alemana became the space where artists, journalists, and drunks overlapped freely.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The problem was that the Rosenwald overlapped with the great Hastings Christmas Congress in England, the annual international tournament that, over the years, had seen some of the greatest chess legends capture first prize.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Detailed measurements revealed deep, sharply defined depressions, elevated ridges, stepped surfaces, and areas where the metal appeared to have been pushed and displaced in overlapping patterns.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Early on as a council member, Raman told me she was sorting out the fragmented response to homelessness, having identified overlapping services, a lack of accountability, and broken lines of communication and coordination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Because the two conditions involve some overlapping biological mechanisms, the scientists believed that a drug developed to address nervous system damage after spinal cord injury might also improve certain Alzheimer's-related changes in neurons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Both were powerful leaders, in office for 16 and 14 years, who had taken over state institutions and established business empires overlapping the two countries.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

‘Engine’ and ‘machine’ still have overlapping meanings as a consequence of Descartes’ influence on the English language.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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