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
Style-wise, Nazir favors parallelism, epistrophe, and lists of three [], all rhetorical devices that are associated with large language models.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
The paradigms of biological and chemical computing increase the potential for massive parallelism and innovative data storage.
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Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
Lumai’s Iris Nova is a server that uses light to bypass the constraints of two-dimensional silicon chips, achieving massive spatial parallelism.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
Why Quantum Computers Might Finally Solve This Problem The great potential advantage of quantum computers here is quantum parallelism, a capability that emerges directly from the qubits that are the heart of a quantum computer.
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Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Apr. 2026
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
The paradigms of biological and chemical computing increase the potential for massive parallelism and innovative data storage.
—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
Lumai’s Iris Nova is a server that uses light to bypass the constraints of two-dimensional silicon chips, achieving massive spatial parallelism.
—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
Why Quantum Computers Might Finally Solve This Problem The great potential advantage of quantum computers here is quantum parallelism, a capability that emerges directly from the qubits that are the heart of a quantum computer.
—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parallelism
Noun
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The idea was to reflect girlhood through different periods of American history, showing the changes and similarities in books and their accompanying dolls and historically accurate outfits.
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If cultural similarity were the sine qua non of syncing up, then homogenous rosters would be the recipe for success.
Noun
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Gomez's wedding guest dress also bore a striking resemblance to her 2025 Oscars dress, a custom off-the-shoulder piece by Ralph Lauren.
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This airy maxi dress bears a striking resemblance to the one Karen Allen wore in Raiders of the Lost Ark, which just happens to be one of my favorite movie costumes of all time.
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“Parallelism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parallelism. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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