parallel
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Wall squats involve putting your back against a wall and lowering down into a sitting position using your hips until the thighs are parallel to the ground.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Millions of parallel Socratic dialogues, each unique, each responsive to individual curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Residents resorted to burying the bodies just outside school grounds; more than 20 graves run parallel to the school’s outer wall, each marked with a broken cinder block.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Different species sometimes arrive at the same biological solution on their own, a phenomenon known as parallel evolution.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
The fox and the rat stood looking at each other, their thoughts running on parallel lines.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing parallel
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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