parallel
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Millions of parallel Socratic dialogues, each unique, each responsive to individual curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Residents resorted to burying the bodies just outside school grounds; more than 20 graves run parallel to the school’s outer wall, each marked with a broken cinder block.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
"The mistake was not globalization. The mistake was in not preparing for the consequences of globalization," he said, drawing a parallel with the deindustrialization that followed the offshoring wave of the 2000s.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
After years of research by Forestry England into appropriate environments, and a successful re-enforcement of the species along the Scottish border, the government is now backing a parallel project in Northumberland.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
They still ran parallel to the waters of the Rio Grande, much too close to the current that roared furiously below.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing parallel
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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