dovetailing

present participle of dovetail

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dovetailing Its Coastersaurus roller coaster is scheduled to reopen Sunday, dovetailing with National Roller Coaster Day. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 The pattern has been identical on the right flank, with Porro’s clinching goal against France being a perfect example of the dovetailing wide players working to full effect. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026 Others including Messika, Repossi and Graff, dovetailing their high jewelry with a broader selection of their offerings. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026 The clever live production finds cool cat bassist Rick Savage thrumming out a solo before dovetailing into the song’s familiar opening riff, which gives Elliott enough time to dash to the top level of the theater to belt the evocative anthem. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 The vision is primed to keep expanding, dovetailing with a number of upcoming events. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026 Season 1 had an ideal structure in the trio of obstacles engineered by Alexandre, dovetailing with Camille and Issei’s dawning acceptance of each other as allies instead of enemies. — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026 Even as wedding registries shift and honeymoon funds replace fine china, antique case pieces and modern iterations of china cabinets are on the rise again—dovetailing with modern maximalism’s emphasis on playing up your home’s personality and the design world’s recent sweet spot for nostalgia. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2026 But after a beaming Wilkins stood beside Patel at his swearing-in ceremony in February, that number skyrocketed to 105,300 streams, dovetailing to 17,400 and 10,600 streams in the following two weeks. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovetailing
Verb
  • Black officers constitute less than 9% of the force, coinciding with a decline in the city’s Black population.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Another standalone film, the Ryan Gosling-starring Starfighter, is due out in May 2027, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of A New Hope.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Gone are the four nations, corresponding to the elements, who coexisted in harmony that was disrupted and then, episode by episode, restored.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The team broke down Mario’s possible path through a level into individual sections, each corresponding to a calculation instruction of the counting machine.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • There are parallels to be drawn in the MAGA crowd pining for the conforming jingoism of the 1950s.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026
  • What’s Happening Photobiomodulation, better known as red light therapy, has moved out of dermatology clinics and into body-conforming consumer wearables like masks, belts, wraps and pods.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The texture was smooth, and the flavor fitting for anyone with a major sweet tooth.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Drescher arrived in a form-fitting knit Brunello Cucinelli dress, YSL hanging earrings, and Jimmy Choo heels with matching pearls.
    — Brianna J. Heath, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Dovetailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovetailing. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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