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parallel

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






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The original image was accompanied by a short piece of anonymous text, warning readers against stumbling into its disturbing parallel world.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Berger told Belgian TV that the minibus driver had been driving on a street parallel the railway and then turned left onto the level crossing while the barrier was already down.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

GPUs, with their parallel processing capabilities, could render vast swaths of pixels far better than central processing units, which can only carry out tasks sequentially.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 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

He swivelled his huge right ear until it was parallel with the ground, then he placed Sophie gently inside it.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl




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