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

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

She lived alone in a cabin and began work on transforming the elegant language of overlapping lines that she has deployed in larger groups into a solo piano voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"Nagi Notes", starring Takako Matsu and Shizuka Ishibashi, explores the overlapping lives of a cast of characters in rural Okayama Prefecture, each lonely in their own way.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Seen from orbit, the planet was a shiny onyx marble covered in overlapping spiderwebs of pulsating light.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline