as in similar
having qualities in common
parallel lives of two friends who first met in college
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as in similarity
a point which two or more things share in common
her professor pointed out some parallels between the two novels
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as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
an advance that is without parallel in the history of virology
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as in to match
to be the exact counterpart of
developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life
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