parallel to
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These offices run parallel to the agency’s substantive work, addressing broad management issues and conducting investigations of fraud both in and around the agency.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Prince Harry disappeared from the room for a while, with conversations seeming to be going on in parallel to the Invictus event.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
IBM is embracing so-called nanostacks to push logic scaling beyond traditional nanosheets—by building upward, rather than parallel, to allow more transistors in a given footprint.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The government responded with a massive, nationwide policy initiative: building a comprehensive network of protected bicycle paths parallel to sidewalks and mostly separated from vehicle traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Within a tenth of a second, the rip was a meter long, running parallel to the seal-strip.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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