overlap
Example Sentences
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Instead of using separate neural pathways to retrieve different types of information, the brain appears to activate overlapping areas, a finding that could change how memory is defined and studied.
From Science Daily
Ratner’s name also surfaces in a number of emails contained in the released files in which Epstein discusses his attempts to connect with the director and descriptions in which their social circles overlap.
From Los Angeles Times
More than a dozen of the exited international organizations dealt with environmental issues, a symptom of significant overlap in their missions.
Nigeria faces multiple, overlapping security challenges beyond kidnappings, including an Islamist insurgency in the north-east, separatist violence in the south-east, and frequent clashes between herders and farmers in central regions over land and water.
From BBC
Politics and warfighting are crafts, and there is little overlap between their required skills.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
