Verb
the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all
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Noun
The questions raised above dovetail nicely into just the type of conversations Caring Across Generations hopes to provoke, expand and transform by getting into the content business.—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024 But Popper’s book goes much deeper, detailing why the internet’s fascination around trading dovetails with other phenomena defining our current culture, from Donald Trump to sports gambling.—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 10 June 2024
Verb
The opening dovetails with an acceleration for Farm Rio Global, the division put in place in 2019 to support the international expansion of the brand founded in 1997 by Katia Barros and Marcello Bastos in Rio de Janeiro.—Lily Templeton, WWD, 25 June 2024 The comedy, which fortuitously dovetailed with the ascent of Madonna’s pop career, became a box office hit and a cultural phenomenon.—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dovetail
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