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overlap

[oh-ver-lap, oh-ver-lap] / ˌoʊ vərˈlæp, ˈoʊ vərˌlæp /


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Shares of Snap surged in Wednesday premarket trading after the Snapchat parent said it would lay off 16% of its full-time employees in an effort to cut costs and reduce workforce overlap.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

But Alaska and Hawaiian had limited route overlap, and in the place where they did overlap — West Coast to Hawaii flights — Alaska had lower fares, Trent said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The Slovenian bank intends to integrate Addiko’s subsidiaries with its own operations in the five markets in which they overlap and will assess whether keeping those outside of the European Union is cost-effective, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

This overlap suggests that similar biological processes may contribute to traits seen across both conditions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

We were in different specialty groups, so there was no material overlap in our work anyway.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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