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.
Recent Examples on the Web
But these remits could overlap, potentially sending France into a constitutional crisis.
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Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 1 July 2024
Over the weekend, Glastonbury Festival overlapped with England’s match against Slovakia in the Euro 2024 tournament, the game that would determine its place in the quarter-finals of the competition.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2024
On Tuesday, a combination of excessive heat is expected to overlap with a red flag warning — an alert for extreme fire weather — in parts of the northern San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valley, raising concerns about potential fire starts.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
At least four patients died during overlapping surgeries under Ott’s auspices, according to the whistleblower lawsuit that started it all, which was unsealed on Monday and obtained by the Chronicle.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
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Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 1 July 2024
Over the weekend, Glastonbury Festival overlapped with England’s match against Slovakia in the Euro 2024 tournament, the game that would determine its place in the quarter-finals of the competition.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2024
On Tuesday, a combination of excessive heat is expected to overlap with a red flag warning — an alert for extreme fire weather — in parts of the northern San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valley, raising concerns about potential fire starts.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
At least four patients died during overlapping surgeries under Ott’s auspices, according to the whistleblower lawsuit that started it all, which was unsealed on Monday and obtained by the Chronicle.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 June 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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