parallel
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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
After years of research by Forestry England into appropriate environments, and a successful re-enforcement of the species along the Scottish border, the government is now backing a parallel project in Northumberland.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
The frequently drawn parallel is to North Korea’s conventional artillery massed in range of greater Seoul’s 26 million people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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
Vocabulary lists containing parallel
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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