as in overlies
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 overlaps
Vitamin D supplements are another, since vitamin D deficiency often overlaps with SAD and can cause many of the same symptoms, like fatigue.
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Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025
Chasing a stoppage-time winner at the Bernabeu to keep their title hopes alive in April 2017, Alba overlaps Andre Gomes on the left.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Still, Molina’s tenure overlaps with the council’s deadline to make transportation board appointments.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
The change in leadership overlaps with the government shutdown which could lead to layoffs at the agency, Bloomberg reported Monday morning.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Wherever the bacon overlaps, you’re left with slightly soggy edges, so only small bits of overlap are ideal.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Sunday’s day game overlaps with a San Francisco 49ers home game in Santa Clara.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Koestler suggests that a stroke of good fortune, or a vision of the sublime, may evoke a sense of powerlessness — of being rapt, overwhelmed, enraptured, entranced — which overlaps with the helplessness of loss and defeat, and which evokes a similar surrender.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
In a few areas, the trail overlaps with state bike paths, offering yet another way to explore.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025
Chasing a stoppage-time winner at the Bernabeu to keep their title hopes alive in April 2017, Alba overlaps Andre Gomes on the left.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Still, Molina’s tenure overlaps with the council’s deadline to make transportation board appointments.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
The change in leadership overlaps with the government shutdown which could lead to layoffs at the agency, Bloomberg reported Monday morning.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Wherever the bacon overlaps, you’re left with slightly soggy edges, so only small bits of overlap are ideal.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Sunday’s day game overlaps with a San Francisco 49ers home game in Santa Clara.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Koestler suggests that a stroke of good fortune, or a vision of the sublime, may evoke a sense of powerlessness — of being rapt, overwhelmed, enraptured, entranced — which overlaps with the helplessness of loss and defeat, and which evokes a similar surrender.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
In a few areas, the trail overlaps with state bike paths, offering yet another way to explore.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlaps
laps
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There were no real victory laps for anyone.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Probably nobody really took it that personally, but all the victory laps she’s been taking over the last two years felt incomplete — like a lap-ette — without a proper major SoCal show to celebrate her ascendance into the pop firmament.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Overlaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlaps. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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