overlap

Example Sentences

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“It’s absolutely gorgeous the way you overlapped the strands so skillfully. The gradation is flawless.”

From Literature

We didn’t usually overlap shifts like this; I was used to coming home just as she got up to splash water on her face.

From Literature

Another contender, former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, overlaps with Villaraigosa when it comes to biographical details: Both are from the L.A. area, Latino and relatively close in age.

From Los Angeles Times

To buy the company, Paramount is taking on $79 billion in debt, a massive amount that many in Hollywood expect will result in steep layoffs targeting overlapping functions and departments across the two companies.

From Los Angeles Times

Greer said it is too early to say how any new penalties from the latest probes will overlap with the sectoral duties.

From Barron's