Meaning & use
Paralleling
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Being similar to or corresponding with something else, or running alongside it in a comparable course.
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The rise in unemployment was paralleling a broader economic downturn.
The new highway runs paralleling the old railway line.
A note on using this word
Can describe both a physical course running alongside something and an abstract similarity between events or trends.
Words with a similar meaning
mirroring
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