shingled

verb

past tense of shingle
as in overlapped

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  1. overlapped
  2. overlaid
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  • None of the shops opened by the major booksellers overlapped geographically.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For Stolte, his Firehouse 51 and real-life families have overlapped, as both of his daughters appeared on Chicago Fire.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of overlapped
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  • The world was composed of 233 handmade puppets, overlaid with hundreds of thousands of replacement faces; 132 practical sets were built, which included 728 miniature trees representing 10 species specific to the Pacific Northwest.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In his imagination these eruptive landscapes overlaid each other like palimpsests.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of overlaid
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“Shingled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingled. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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