as in similarity
the quality or state of having many qualities in common
the striking parallelism between the two crimes got police to thinking that they were committed by the same mastermind
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Recent Examples of parallelism
The beauty is that not only does this tend to keep the AI honest in terms of figuring out the proper steps, but the AI can also process the execution of the steps in parallel, assuming the AI is set up for parallelism.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Enterprises are actively seeking alternatives to legacy systems that struggle with high parallelism and metadata-intensive workloads.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
These mechanics create parallelism, which is the ability of a quantum system to process multiple states simultaneously.
—Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
AoT plays into the possibility of exploiting parallelism in the hardware.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Enterprises are actively seeking alternatives to legacy systems that struggle with high parallelism and metadata-intensive workloads.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
These mechanics create parallelism, which is the ability of a quantum system to process multiple states simultaneously.
—Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
AoT plays into the possibility of exploiting parallelism in the hardware.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for parallelism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parallelism
Noun
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On a recording of The Zach Lowe show this week, Lowe, a national NBA analyst, pointed out the similarities between an offensive possession the Timberwolves produced in the first quarter of Wednesday’s Game 5 and what San Antonio did in the 2014 Western Conference Finals, also in Oklahoma City.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2025
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Earlier this year, a U.K. appeals court ruled in favor of Thatchers, a cider company, which sued Aldi over design similarities in the packaging of its lemon cider.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
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For a royal family that has often been criticized for being out of touch, this is a great look, and proof that perhaps William’s resemblance to his mother goes beyond his features.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
2 June 2025
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New York’s start bears resemblance to the 2023 Aces.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Parallelism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parallelism. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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