overlap
verb
over·lap
ˌō-vər-ˈlap 
overlapped; overlapping; overlaps
1
: to extend over or past and cover a part of
The roof shingles overlap each other.
2
: to have something in common with
Baseball season overlaps the football season in September.
1
: to occupy the same area in part
The two towns overlap.
2
: to have something in common
Some of their duties overlap.
Examples of overlap in a Sentence
The roof shingles overlap each other.
Baseball season overlaps football season in September.
Some of your duties overlap his.
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Camp Mystic has two sites, both of which overlap with either the floodway or areas the federal government has determined have a 1% or 0.2% annual chance of flooding.
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Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
This will be a tight turn from the conclusion of the Euros (July 27 final) and AFCON (July 26 final) and overlaps with Copa America (Aug. 2).
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Those overlapping conversations go to dialogue editor Evan Benjamin to be cleaned up.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 5 July 2025
Fireworks sounds tend to overlap, while gunfire has clean noises in close succession, Gonzalez described.
—Eleanor Nash
july 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2025
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Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
This will be a tight turn from the conclusion of the Euros (July 27 final) and AFCON (July 26 final) and overlaps with Copa America (Aug. 2).
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Those overlapping conversations go to dialogue editor Evan Benjamin to be cleaned up.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 5 July 2025
Fireworks sounds tend to overlap, while gunfire has clean noises in close succession, Gonzalez described.
—Eleanor Nash
july 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for overlap
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“Overlap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overlap. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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overlap
verb
over·lap
ˌō-vər-ˈlap
1
: to lay or lie over (something) so as to partly cover
that piece overlaps the edge
2
: to have something in common
political and social interests that often overlap
3
: to occupy the same area in part
the photos overlap
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