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parallel

[par-uh-lel, -luhl] / ˈpær əˌlɛl, -ləl /






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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

The closest parallel — absent that above-referenced self-immolation — was in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"The mistake was not globalization. The mistake was in not preparing for the consequences of globalization," he said, drawing a parallel with the deindustrialization that followed the offshoring wave of the 2000s.

From Barron's • 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

And he presents it in perspective, with two parallel lines converging towards a vanishing point.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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