as in lapping
a partial covering of one thing by an adjoining member
the orthodontist will try to fix that overlap of two of your upper incisors
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as in to overlie
to lie over parts of one another
the brochures on the display table should overlap but not so much that the titles are obscured
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Recent Examples of overlap
Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Working on this project also overlapped with LaBeouf seeking to maintain his sobriety and find his way out of a long, dark period of his life.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
The brand overlap is 35 percent in womenswear, 25 percent in men’s, and within overlapping brands, less than 50 percent of the stock keeping units are found at Mytheresa and Net-a-porter.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
William and Kate were away on the actual day as the calendar overlapped with a working visit to the Scottish Isles of Mull and Iona, and their team released an intimate picture of them together.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Verb
More than 20% of voters opted for candidates on the far right, whose conservative and nationalistic worldviews overlap with Nawrocki’s.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Working on this project also overlapped with LaBeouf seeking to maintain his sobriety and find his way out of a long, dark period of his life.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
The brand overlap is 35 percent in womenswear, 25 percent in men’s, and within overlapping brands, less than 50 percent of the stock keeping units are found at Mytheresa and Net-a-porter.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
William and Kate were away on the actual day as the calendar overlapped with a working visit to the Scottish Isles of Mull and Iona, and their team released an intimate picture of them together.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlap
Verb
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This finding indicates that the ecosystem was no longer being sustained by the nutrients from the hydrothermal system being released into the overlying ocean.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Mantle plumes are convectional upwellings of hot material from the deep mantle that can cause localized melting and deformations to the overlying crust.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2025
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And of course, no one is going to forget the image of Nicole Kidman on all fours lapping it from a saucer in Halina Reijn’s 2024 erotic thriller, Babygirl.—
Ashliene McMenamy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 May 2025
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There’s no music, either, to soften or ennoble proceedings, only the indifferent murmur of weather over the startling debris of human conflict, or the slow creak of a galleon on lapping waters as sailors are sent cruelly to their deaths.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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The vast glass windows and doors of the building, called Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, are overlaid with a pattern of close, opaque dots.—
Vincent Alban,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The problems at control towers and facilities overlay an ongoing stress passengers feel over a string of technology outages, close calls and fatal accidents.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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“Overlap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlap. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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