In a sentence
Six example sentences with overlap, each labelled with its topic.
The two schools of therapy share a wide overlap, since both treat avoidance as the habit that keeps fear alive.
Psychology
Behavioral research and classical price models show more overlap than either camp admits, especially about how habits form.
Economics
Ethics and law display a genuine overlap where both ask when a pledge stops binding the person who made it.
Philosophy
The two competing theories of memory show real overlap, since both predict that sleep strengthens what was learned that day.
Science
Contract and tort law have a wide overlap wherever a broken promise also causes physical harm.
Law
Jazz and classical harmony share more overlap than either camp admits, and both rely on the same handful of chord progressions.
Music
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Found in these word lists
Found in 6 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains overlap. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.