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
Prince Harry disappeared from the room for a while, with conversations seeming to be going on in parallel to the Invictus event.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
This palm trunk lay parallel to the beach, so that when Ralph sat he faced the island but to the boys was a darkish figure against the shimmer of the lagoon.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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