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
In quantum computing, the concept of parallelism leverages superposition.
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Gregory Crawford, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Gregory Crawford, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parallelism
Noun
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Sizemore sees some similarities in his approach this season.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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This further proves how much women really need each other to compare notes and find similarities when going through these health milestones.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
11 June 2025
Noun
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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 17 Jun. 2025.
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