The phrase "a number of overlapping" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing multiple items, concepts, or elements that share common features or areas of interest.
Example: "The research revealed a number of overlapping themes in the participants' responses."
Alternatives: "several intersecting" or "multiple shared".
Even John Walsh, who was part of the panel, admits "there were a number of overlapping themes [in the novels].
Even Walsh, with his conviction that there is no such thing as women's fiction, acknowledges a bias in subject matter: 'There were a number of overlapping themes.
The second wave of reforms included a number of overlapping trends, which are often brought together under labels such as "joined-up governance," "one-stop government," "service integration," "whole-of-government," or "aktivierender Staat" (German: "activating state").
Abetted by a rising Chinese nationalism that demands more forceful dominion over disputed shards of territory, Beijing is embroiled in a number of overlapping claims across the Asia-Pacific region, from a desolate chunk of the Himalayas to various half-submerged chunks of rock in the South China Sea.
The amide I band is usually consists of a number of overlapping component bands representing helices, β-structures, β-turns and random structures.
Translation of cytoarchitectural studies into function would rely on speculation, but the complexity of the cytoarchitectural staining patterns may suggest the existence of a number of overlapping neuronal populations within the STN.
There are a number of overlaps in the genes coding for tRNAs: trnH overlaps with trnS2 by 6 bp and trnS2 overlaps with nd5 by 12 bp.
For the gene fruitless, alignments of available sequences produced only a moderate number of overlapping sites.
Frequent subgraph mining algorithms report a large number of overlapping patterns.
We encountered a substantial number of overlapping accession numbers since Mascot provides accession number information from many sources.
However, studies of the R. etli regulons RpoE4 and PF00052-ECF have identified a unique sequence motif, which has been recognised for both ECF-type sigma factors, resulting in a large number of overlapping regulated genes [ 35].
