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   overlap

   verb

   • 1. extend over so as to cover partly: "the canopy overlaps the house roof at one end"
   • ▪ cover part of the same area of interest, responsibility, etc.: "the union's commitments overlapped with those of NATO"
   • ▪ partly coincide in time: "two new series overlapped"

   noun

   • 1. a part or amount which overlaps: "an overlap of about half an inch"
   • ▪ a common area of interest, responsibility, etc.: "there are many overlaps between the approaches"
   • ▪ a period of time in which two events or activities happen together: "an overlap of shifts"

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