parallel to
Example Sentences
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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
Taylor said a counter-terrorism investigation is "running in parallel" to the murder investigation but the suspected killing "has not been declared a terrorist incident at this stage".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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 stakes are high for both the Mexican government and the underground economies that run parallel to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The reef enclosed more than one side of the island, tying perhaps a mile out and parallel to what they now thought of as their beach.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
