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parallel

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






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It also uses SpaceX's parallel Starlink civilian satellite system, but not for offensive operations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Studies of the region have identified long, roughly parallel geological features extending from north to south.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

With elegant symmetry and a cool, genteel prose style, Ms. Li tracks these parallel stories, exploring the duo’s worldly educations and the ruthless sacrifices to love and friendship they make in pursuit of their ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Then we started talking about the parallel of programming and overcoming programming, and what makes you human, what doesn’t, that parallel came first.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

When the Sillingtons first settled in Clarion County, before there was a state road parallel to the lake, they owned all the land down to the water's edge.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

“East of Eden” parallels the Biblical story of Cain and Abel first through Adam and Charles Trask, then again through Adam’s twin sons Aron and Caleb.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Wigglesworth: There are parallels between the 19th-century railway boom and the AI boom today.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

But the parallels with last year are unavoidable.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Fruit fly models, however, have repeatedly helped scientists uncover fundamental biological processes that were later found to have important parallels in humans.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Listed below are several of the most obvious similarities between Jim Crow and mass incarceration, followed by a discussion of a few parallels that have not been discussed so far.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

This bittersweet ending is paralleled alongside the story of the patient and Katharine.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

The writers have paralleled Homelander’s “slow descent into madness” with Butcher’s escalating anti-Supe crusade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The story is also paralleled metafictionally by “Cheating,” whose success is attributed to its unabashed amorality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The currency’s move overnight was paralleled by weakness in U.S. equity futures, suggesting investors’ willingness to take risks remains tethered to cryptocurrency prices heading into the final month of the year.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

A small, sporadic stream of automobiles with faded paint and patched tires bounced along the rutted roads that paralleled the railroad tracks, all heading the same direction—west.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The education of Robert Maynard Hutchins parallelled and sped a slower re-education of the U.S. itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

The main stem of the flowing Potomac is parallelled on the Maryland shore by the C. & O. Canal in Federal ownership, a unique resource.

From The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior by United States. Dept. of the Interior.

The control, direction and administration of the nucleus is parallelled by the control, direction and administration of the total complex—the empire and/or the civilization.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing

Vigfusson's work was parallelled by the far more thorough researches of the eminent Norwegian philologist, Sophus Bugge.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson

There are only thirty fables in the Talmud and the Midrash, and of these several cannot be parallelled in other literatures.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams

Meanwhile Tropical Storm Rachel is paralleling Mexico's Pacific coast and is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane by Thursday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The reconfigured road will have a bicycle lane paralleling the vehicle lane in each direction, with a turning lane in the center.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

"I have never in my experience heard a victim's voice telling you what is happening, what is going on in their life that's paralleling what you are obtaining and looking at evidentially," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023

And in a group of atheists and agnostics, Spirituality of Science predicted measures of well-being and meaning in life, paralleling the positive effects of religion that is frequently observed in religious people.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023

Outside Haarlem the bus took the south road, paralleling the sea.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Once he thought he saw a group of gorilla creatures parallelling their course back amongst the forest growth, but if Naida observed the animals, she paid no attention.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various

Now his spin brought him around to face it, and he saw it was parallelling his course.

From Badge of Infamy by Lester Del Rey


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