parallel
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In this heart-sore and compassionate investigation of unresolved pain, director Marialuisa Ernst makes a parallel between their plight and how her uncle’s disappearance during Argentina’s dictatorship affected her family.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Researchers say this points to an example of "parallel evolution," where similar environmental pressures produce similar outcomes independently.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
The original image was accompanied by a short piece of anonymous text, warning readers against stumbling into its disturbing parallel world.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike star in a Netflix comedy about a corporate chauvinist who finds himself in a parallel universe—one in which the women are in charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Well, I’ve had a lot of time to think about them. And dolphins too. And photography and poetry and archeology and parallel dimensions and all sorts of stuff.”
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Vocabulary lists containing parallel
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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