run parallel

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to extend in the same direction and at the same distance apart

parallelVERB + PARALLEL (adj.)

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Examples (10)

  • The road runs parallel with the coast for several miles.
  • The new railway tracks run parallel to the existing highway.
  • These two mountain ranges run parallel to each other across the continent.
  • The two electrical wires must run parallel to prevent any interference.
  • Her career as a doctor ran parallel with her passion for landscape painting.
  • The researchers observed that the two chemical reactions run parallel in this environment.
  • The border of the estate runs parallel to the primary irrigation canal.
  • In the diagram, you can see how the two support beams run parallel to the floor.
  • The historical events in the two regions ran parallel during the nineteenth century.
  • The pipes run parallel along the ceiling of the industrial basement.