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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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Or, in an abundance of caution, the IT team uses overlapping database queries to provide invoices to the sustainability team.
—Martha Amram, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Brutal Companion, the new book of poems from Ruben Quesada, lives in the space where fear and desire overlap, sharply examining the role that both have played in his life.
—James Factora, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
Technology The Big Story Where Harris and Trump stand on tech
Former President Trump and Vice President Harris may offer starkly different views for the future of the country, but the two have occasionally overlapped on tech policy.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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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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