as in matched
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developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life
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Recent Examples of paralleled
The popularity of the practice has paralleled a broader drying out.
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Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
The real-life relationships of The Jeffersons cast often paralleled the TV show.
—Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Broad adoption of surveillance has paralleled the rise of remote work and new digital management capabilities.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The strengthening of academic freedom paralleled the largest historical expansion of the world’s capacity to undertake research on science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, or STEMM.
—David P. Baker, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
Gilligan’s three-decade tenure in television has paralleled the rapid evolution of the medium.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
The city of San Diego for years has paralleled the state’s approach on housing, allowing more density, streamlining development regulations and pushing high-rise projects near transit lines.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Boggs’s work on Baldwin, which began in the late 1990s with a campaign to revive the long out-of-print children’s novel, Little Man, Little Man, paralleled the return of Baldwin’s writing to prominence and his rise to the status of cultural icon.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Henry Jaglom, the independent filmmaker whose work foregrounded the stories of women, focused on the inner workings of the Industry and often paralleled his own life experiences, has died at age 87.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
The real-life relationships of The Jeffersons cast often paralleled the TV show.
—Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Broad adoption of surveillance has paralleled the rise of remote work and new digital management capabilities.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The strengthening of academic freedom paralleled the largest historical expansion of the world’s capacity to undertake research on science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, or STEMM.
—David P. Baker, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
Gilligan’s three-decade tenure in television has paralleled the rapid evolution of the medium.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
The city of San Diego for years has paralleled the state’s approach on housing, allowing more density, streamlining development regulations and pushing high-rise projects near transit lines.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Boggs’s work on Baldwin, which began in the late 1990s with a campaign to revive the long out-of-print children’s novel, Little Man, Little Man, paralleled the return of Baldwin’s writing to prominence and his rise to the status of cultural icon.
—Megan Marshall
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Henry Jaglom, the independent filmmaker whose work foregrounded the stories of women, focused on the inner workings of the Industry and often paralleled his own life experiences, has died at age 87.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paralleled
matched
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In Gallup’s roughly 80 years of polling, Trump’s approval toward the end of his first calendar year in office (36%) was lower than any other incoming president at the same point in time (only matched by Trump himself in his first term).—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The 30-year-old American matched what Vonn did in the 2010 Winter Olympics, winning the downhill gold medal.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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