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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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
Even in a single patient, multiple overlapping triggers may be in play.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
An Oscars Match The SAG Awards are generally the most reliable predictor of which actors will triumph at the Oscars, thanks to overlapping voters (the actors branch is the largest voting branch at the Academy).
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
But mention of the ‘Chris Basham Role’ — the right overlapping side of a back three — inevitably takes the mind straight back to those days when Wilder and assistant Alan Knill devised a ground-breaking system destined to propel United up the divisions.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Overlap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overlap. Accessed 21 Feb. 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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