overlapped

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As these possible paths overlapped later in the experiment, they produced a detectable striped interference pattern that matched the predictions of quantum theory.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

The Trumps and Epstein overlapped in New York social circles and have been pictured together.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Given government censorship and the cultural divisions among tech platforms, Chinese and American social media users never really overlapped to see each others’ regular routines and memes.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

The launch had also overlapped with NASA's first mission to fly astronauts around the Moon in more than half a century.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

They calculate the many months that they were in that distant city together, on trips that had overlapped by weeks and once by months, unaware of each other’s presence.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri