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parallel

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






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Smacking his head on a lamppost while chasing one woman and ogling another, Damien is transported to a parallel universe in which women don’t just run the world, the nature of the sexes has flipped.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"This technology lets us perturb hundreds to thousands of genes in parallel and then measure the detailed molecular changes in each individual cell," says Cao.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

In an axial flux motor, the electromagnetic field is parallel to the motor’s axis of rotation, instead of perpendicular in a conventional electric motor.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He said having to be brought home afterwards in a police car was like being in a "parallel universe".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The fourth one was a red pickup angled into the curb, not parked parallel like the others.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen




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