parallel

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Of course, no influencer plot would be complete without the threat of online cancellation — and just when things can’t get any worse, Natalie enters the parallel universe of the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I’m sure the economics nerds will say that doesn’t count, but I think it’s a parallel worth considering.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

A parallel danger lurks in the Himalayas and other high mountain areas like the Andes, where melting glaciers have created thousands of new lakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

They showed that a single incoming stream of ions could be divided into multiple parallel streams for simultaneous analysis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

If you compare the notes of a person on the ground and a person on a train moving parallel to the raven, they would disagree about the speed of the raven and the tree.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife