parallel
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For the past two decades, their entire careers have played out in parallel, their greatness most easily understood in comparison to each other.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Running alongside the tactical evolution was a parallel story that took even longer to resolve: the question of who Messi was for Argentina.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Instead of focusing solely on opposition, many activists now emphasize building parallel institutions, celebrations and messaging campaigns.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Researchers say this points to an example of "parallel evolution," where similar environmental pressures produce similar outcomes independently.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
Every theorem in Euclidean geometry can be dualized in projective geometry, setting up a whole set of new theorems in the parallel universe of projective geometry.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing parallel
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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