dovetail
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Synonyms & Antonyms for dovetail
Synonyms: Verb
accord, agree, answer, check, chord, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, consist, correspond, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, rhyme (also rime), sort, square, tally
Antonyms: Verb
differ (from), disagree (with)
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Examples of dovetail in a Sentence
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the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at allRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
The Malabar House’s reputation as Fort Kochi’s leading art hotel dovetails with the enclave’s emergence as one of India’s artistic hotbeds, thanks in part to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, now South Asia’s largest art show. — Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, "Why You Should Visit Southern India on Your Next Vacation," 22 June 2019 That the present and past dovetail so harmoniously illustrates one of Saban’s most defining characteristics: Consistency. — Rainer Sabin | Rsabin@al.com, al.com, "The genius of Alabama coach Nick Saban found in YouTube classic videos," 5 June 2019 His decision to eliminate bleach dovetails with J Brand’s own commitment to more sustainable practices. — Emily Farra, Vogue, "Kozaburo Akasaka, Last Year’s LVMH Special Prize Winner, Is Launching His First-Ever Women’s Jeans," 21 Mar. 2019 This method of collecting dovetails nicely with Rennell’s work, which involves creating and curating clothing and home goods for her online shop, Beklina. — Marley Marius, Vogue, "No Corners or Closets: What It’s Like to Live in a California “Spaceship House”," 27 Aug. 2018 The norms promoted at Friday’s meeting dovetail with EU laws and rules used by organizations like the World Bank, which don’t always apply in counties where China has been active. — James T. Areddy, WSJ, "European and Asian Nations Join U.S.’s Economic Pushback Against China," 19 Oct. 2018 The ending of your book dovetails with the arrival of social media. — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, "Inside Marc Jacobs: Unseen, a Book of Backstage Photography by Robert Fairer, Who Shot the Designer’s Earliest Shows," 12 Sep. 2018 Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics. — Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times, "How We Got to Be So Self-Absorbed: The Long Story," 21 June 2018 Using dovetails and other old-fashioned woodcuts, Sebastian Errazuriz makes furniture that seems fresh, new, and even a bit on this side of living and breathing. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "Transforming Cabinets Move in Ways That Boggle the Mind," 22 June 2015Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Her argument dovetails with the argument put forth by historian Jon Meacham in The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels. — Grayson Logue, National Review, "A Nation without a Chest," 10 Aug. 2019 That assessment dovetails with concerns that EPA officials quietly raised last year as the administration prepared to unveil its plan. — Los Angeles Times, "Trump plan to ease fuel-economy rules would boost drivers’ costs, study finds," 9 Aug. 2019 That growth dovetails with another interesting shift: when developers expect to turn a profit. — Peter Rubin, WIRED, "Want to Know the Real Future of AR/VR? Ask Their Devs," 5 Aug. 2019 Those challenges dovetail with the need for even more electricity. — Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American, "New York Has a Climate Plan—Now It Has to Follow Through," 29 July 2019 The move also dovetails with calls from African nations to champion new skills in knowledge as an engine for economic growth, even as higher education continues to face qualitative, quantitative, and funding challenges. — Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, "Top American universities are doubling down on their presence across Africa," 5 July 2019 Lego Movie Days activities dovetail with the attraction’s Lego Movie World, which debuted in March. — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, "Legoland Florida: New Lego Movie Days event debuts in July," 19 June 2019 Liz Large, the district’s general counsel, reminded board members that the new policy works in tandem with existing district processes and dovetails with other, statewide efforts recommended by investigators in the Whitehurst case. — oregonlive.com, "Portland school board nearly finished with policy on appropriate teacher, student relationships," 11 July 2019 In addition, the 2019 march dovetailed with WorldPride, a global gathering of the LGBTQ community in New York. — Charles Passy, WSJ, "New York Pride March Attracts Big Crowds," 30 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dovetail.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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