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parallel

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






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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

But we no longer live exclusively in the age of the physical battlefield; we fight a parallel war in cyberspace, where U.S. dominance is challenged.

From The Wall Street Journal

The parallels with the 1970s are ominous: Inflation surges and then retreats but gets stuck a bit too high.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two parallel lines cut the space between her eyebrows.

From Literature

Had he died in the flames, and was he now trapped in some sort of parallel universe?

From Literature