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parallel

[par-uh-lel, -luhl] / ˈpær əˌlɛl, -ləl /






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The Heritage Foundation hosts events with its Hungarian parallel, the Danube Institute.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Medicare Advantage is a program under which the federal government pays private health insurers to operate a parallel program to Medicare.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The case has unfolded alongside a parallel legal offensive from Baldoni, who filed a sweeping $400-million countersuit accusing Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, the New York Times and others of defamation and extortion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

A parallel danger lurks in the Himalayas and other high mountain areas like the Andes, where melting glaciers have created thousands of new lakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The parallel of this subject to the woman’s activity tells us that, contrary to our initial impression, this cannot be simply a scene of everyday life.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson