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

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 papers allege that his working hours at the school and with the city overlapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Matsushita students lived in dormitories and woke at 6 a.m. to clean the school top to bottom, said Hiroto Abe, who attended the institute and overlapped with Takaichi in the early 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“We were all in the same class. But we never overlapped much,” I say.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins