parallel

Example Sentences

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Scientists analyzed both broad patterns of association -- defined by sharks staying within one body length of each other -- and more detailed interactions such as "lead-follow" behavior and parallel swimming.

From Science Daily

In the Gulf today, the parallels are exactly zip.

From The Wall Street Journal

These parallels should remind us that we our deeply interconnected on this planet, and that the “butterfly effect” isn’t just a bad Ashton Kutcher film.

From Salon

He added their resurgence had been paralleled by revivals in woodlarks and Dartford warblers, "which are also showing promising increases in numbers".

From BBC

But many experts see few parallels with Venezuela, which, unlike Cuba, has a recent history of free markets and opposition parties, while lacking Cuba’s ubiquitous security architecture.

From Los Angeles Times