no parallel
idiom
: no thing of the same kind that is similar or equal
This period of growth has no parallel in the history of the region.
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Even as wars rage elsewhere in the world, there is no parallel to the intensity and scope of conflict in Sudan.
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John Prendergast, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
And their success is easier to verify: Men have long been able to check their own sperm count with a device that’s similar to an at-home COVID test, but no parallel exists for women, Wang told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
The reader is left to wonder, however, why these narratives remain persuasive to Britons in a way that has no parallel in the rest of Europe.
—David Reynolds, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
The United States established such agreements with the Soviet Union and renewed them with Russia, but there is no parallel accord with China.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 2 June 2023
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John Prendergast, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
And their success is easier to verify: Men have long been able to check their own sperm count with a device that’s similar to an at-home COVID test, but no parallel exists for women, Wang told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
The reader is left to wonder, however, why these narratives remain persuasive to Britons in a way that has no parallel in the rest of Europe.
—David Reynolds, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
The United States established such agreements with the Soviet Union and renewed them with Russia, but there is no parallel accord with China.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 2 June 2023
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“No parallel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20parallel. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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