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parallelism

[par-uh-le-liz-uhm, -luh-liz-] / ˈpær ə lɛˌlɪz əm, -ləˌlɪz- /


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With ultimate parallelism at its core, this technology could dramatically expand the capabilities of AI systems, enabling them to handle complex tasks with lightning speed and exceptional accuracy, Bae said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

This "higher-dimensional" processing is enabled by exploiting multiple different radio frequencies to encode the data, propelling parallelism to a level far beyond that previously achieved.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023

“There is no hard and fast rule on number of reiterations needed to produce retention. Concise, vividly phrased messages that employ parallelism and alliteration are more readily remembered.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

There’s a satisfying parallelism to the dynamics between the two pairs — the chemistry, the witty repartee, the heartbreak one character offers, intentionally or unintentionally, to another.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

Figures of antithesis or parallelism may serve to frame or advance an argument; apoplanesis* to avoid one.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

"We are talking about people who did not simply draw lines, but organized them according to recurring principles -- parallelisms, grids, rotations and systematic repetitions: a visual grammar in embryo."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

I think any good historian should eschew simple parallelisms, but I think, in this instance, there actually is a pertinent historical lesson.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2016

Under Mussolini, his gift for such parallelisms led first to his "quarantine" in Italy, then his expulsion.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am faced with page after page of alleged parallelisms of phraseology.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of the parallelisms are too slight to be applicable, or they are common phrases the property of every Englishman.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope




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