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- noun Plural form of
overlapping .
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Examples
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From Charles de Gaulle to Chirac and Sarkozy, it is hard to see any influence and overlappings from them on the public policies.
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They really do take turns showing off, with happy overlappings as they take their turns.
Archive 2008-11-01 ScentScelf 2008
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They really do take turns showing off, with happy overlappings as they take their turns.
Vetiver! Round Two ScentScelf 2008
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The surface thematic overlappings among the essays are, I think, sometimes surprising, or surprisingly numerous.
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The surface thematic overlappings among the essays are, I think, sometimes surprising, or surprisingly numerous.
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Furthermore, there were points of contact or overlappings between the various spheres: for instance, the notion of temperaments sup - posedly determined by the stars facilitates the transi - tion from the planetary gods to the virtues.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN SEZNEC 1968
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And this overlapping should be sought for and carefully expressed, the outlines being made up of a series of overlappings.
The Practice and Science of Drawing Harold Speed
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The boundaries of Wessex in Alfred's younger days and before this expansion took place followed approximately those of the modern counties of Hants, Berks, Wilts and Dorset, with overlappings into
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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Marlowe, of whom Conrad seems perhaps unduly fond, lights his pipe and passes the beer and utters breezy and bracing sentiments, I can enjoy with unmitigated delight all the convolutions and overlappings of his inverted method of narration -- of those rambling
Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917
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As I have hinted, the whole question of selecting the period of a great artist's manner which contains his most significant work is largely a matter of taste; and the thing -- as we have seen -- is complicated by all sorts of overlappings, reversions, anticipations; but if I were myself pressed to suggest a brief list of books, which might be found to contain the quintessential qualities both of Henry
Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917
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