overlap
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The two movements overlap heavily in membership and ideas, sharing an emphasis on reasoning through evidence and probabilities, and a conviction that preventing human extinction should be a top priority.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
That overlap could have significant implications for future screening.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Two hurricanes churning in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico are sending high surf toward Southern California that will overlap with unusually high tides, bringing hazards for beachgoers and possible coastal flooding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Generally there is a significant overlap between the players identified by data and the ones already on scouts' radar.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Each map is valid only in a limited region, but different maps will have a region of overlap.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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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
The delivery of mobile infrastructure projects often overlaps with devolved powers, such as planning.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Harry Styles’s current Madison Square Garden residency overlaps with Halloween, or “Harryween,” at which fans are encouraged to go all out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
In a resemblance relation, a statement makes a claim that overlaps in content with the one that came before it.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Some vocational qualifications that overlapped with T-levels have had funding withdrawn, while others continue to be funded following a government review.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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 tertulias at Alemana became the space where artists, journalists, and drunks overlapped freely.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
The team also examined whether the diets of more common fungi-eating mammals overlapped with the Gilbert's potoroo.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
He stood with his head bowed, eyes mere slits, clamped mouth hidden where his mustache overlapped his beard.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and moulded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
It describes several overlapping anxieties about modern restaurant food, but its prehistory belongs, at least partly, to the ghost kitchen.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Xi did not reply in kind but rather stressed their two countries’ overlapping “interests.”
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Ellison has also promised $6 billion in synergies from the merger, which could come from consolidating tech operations at the streaming services and by eliminating overlapping jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
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