overlap
verb (used with object)
to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
nonoverlapping
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a word derived from
overlap.
Example Sentences
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Testing small-cap investors’ snapback hypothesis is difficult, since there have been just five nonoverlapping 20-year periods over the past century.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
Each antibody targeted different, nonoverlapping regions of the dark side, demonstrating that this region has multiple areas that may be useful to explore for countermeasure development.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
The thing that should make you most suspicious is that different groups have nonoverlapping utopias that they hope will be achieved in space.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
When my mailbox gene crosses Kevin’s Parthenon gene, we often finesse the issue by invoking one of the bedrock principles of a successful marriage: nonoverlapping magisteria.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2022
Moglen says Stallman, Nelson, and Gilmore each stand out in historically significant, nonoverlapping ways.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
