- present participle of parallel.
paralleling
Example Sentences
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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
Still used today by West Africans, the instrument's main parts are a gourd, and a stick attachment and a bridge for its three to four strings, paralleling a modern banjo.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024
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
So frequently do these acts recur that when I was halfway through the first draft of Native Son a case paralleling Bigger’s flared forth in the newspapers of Chicago.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
