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"Overlap" in a Sentence (14 examples)
When inserting the budwood into the root stock, make the cambium layers overlap.
I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Overlap can occur.
I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that the United States and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Their two shadows overlap.
Before pouring cement mixture into forms for a foundation, the work crew securely place an armature of steel bars at a predetermined spacing in order to reinforce the finished building's hardened concrete. If a piece of steel is not long enough to span the required distance, the workers will overlap two pieces and tie them together to form a strong splice.
Assembling data from 73 records that overlap in time, the scientists pieced together global average temperatures since the end of the last ice age.
How many times per day do a clock’s hands overlap?
The directors' style is far more different than similar, but there is certainly some overlap.
Fish scales overlap each other like the tiles on a roof.
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The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.
The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.
Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).
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