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Six example sentences with overlapping, each labelled with its topic.
The mosaic's charm comes from the overlapping of gold leaves, each one hiding the lower edge of its neighbor.
Art
Slate roofs rely on overlapping, since every row must hide the seam of the row beneath it.
Architecture
Roman armor used overlapping of iron bands, a scheme that let a soldier bend while leaving no gap exposed.
History
The tart's beauty is in the overlapping of thin apple slices, each one hiding half of the slice beneath it.
Cooking
A fish's scales use overlapping, each plate covering the edge of the next so water slides off in one direction.
Science
Stitching a panorama depends on overlapping, since each frame must cover a strip of its neighbor for the software to align.
Photography
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