not parallel
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The disparities seen in these studies do not parallel the U.S. student population: Women make up about 52% of medical school enrollment and about 54% of doctorates in the biological and biomedical sciences.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2022
“But it’s a massive difference with the amount of energy that’s going into the wall, not parallel to it.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Which brings us back to Carl and Caleb Williams, although the situations are not parallel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
For two lines that are not parallel, the single point of intersection will satisfy both equations and therefore represent the solution to the system.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 1, 2021
In this case, however, this portion of the room is quite large, and the row of mealing stones is built at right angles to its back wall and not parallel with it.
From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Henry Hobart Nichols
