parallel to
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Newsom drew a parallel to the plague of retail theft that captivated the state not long ago, and which the state has successfully combated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
Feather spotted something in a bush and got low, his tail parallel to the grass.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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