overlapping

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Supporters of the overhaul argue that the previous system contained an excessive number of overlapping or rarely used categories, which created administrative inefficiencies without significantly improving religious accommodation or support.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The company also showed off a new Audi, the E7X, with the brand spelled out on the hood rather than represented by the usual four overlapping rings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

There was a logical connection in the horizontal merger, and the two companies had overlapping customers.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Instead, early human evolution looks more like a landscape filled with overlapping experiments, some of which led nowhere, while one eventually led to us.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

It had seeds and petals baked into it in a pattern of overlapping circles—a light meal, maybe, but she must have spent hours on it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor