have a parallel

Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words

to possess a similar counterpart or situation

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Examples (10)

  • This weather pattern of the southern hemisphere has no parallel in the north.
  • The rise of the new technology has many parallels in the industrial revolution.
  • Do you think this political crisis has a parallel in history?
  • Her career path had an interesting parallel with that of her mentor.
  • The two cases have several striking parallels that investigators are looking into.
  • It is rare for a local conflict to have such a clear parallel on the global stage.
  • The scientist noted that the virus's behavior has a close parallel in other known strains.
  • We wondered if the fictional world in the book had any real-world parallels.
  • The development of these two languages has an exact parallel in their grammar structures.
  • Some people believe that every life has a parallel in a different dimension.