Synonyms for overlapping
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1. imbrication, overlapping, lappingnoun

   covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

   Synonyms:
   imbrication, lapping

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1. overlappingadjective

   Synonyms:
   obvolute, obvoluted, imbricate, imbricated

2. overlappingnoun

   Synonyms:
   imbrication

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1. List of paraphrases for "overlapping":

   overlap, duplication, overlaps, overlay, straddling, underhanded, superimposing, duplicate, thrusting, duplicating, intersecting, duplications

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1. David Schwimmer:

   We have two very complementary businesses, they are more complementary than they are overlapping.

2. Aaron David Miller:

   This is completely out of sequence because the Israeli-Palestinian issue is primarily driven by historical wounds and overlapping claims to land and sacred space.

3. Jonathon Keats:

   If the landscape changes over time, the photographic plate will show multiple overlapping scenes or the motion blur of a scene that gradually morphs.

4. Susan Matt:

   Not all homesickness was necessarily going to kill you, but if you had a really acute case, it would qualify as nostalgia, there are lots of different sets of overlapping descriptions : a shortness of breath, palpitations of the heart, dysentery, fever, problems with the lungs. Or it was feeling an acute yearning, and then your body would start to close down.

5. Jenevieve Silva:

   Based on what the pediatrician told us, she said ‘I highly believe that they had these overlapping viruses,’.