strong parallel

collocation in English

meaningsofstrongandparallel

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strong
adjective
uk
/strɒŋ/us
/strɑːŋ/
powerful; having or using great force ...
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parallel
noun
uk
/ˈpær.ə.lel/us
/ˈper.ə.lel/
something very similar to something else, or a similarity between ...
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(Definition ofstrongandparallelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are reverting to what happened 200 years ago, and there are strong parallels to show what should be the proper response.
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Indeed, the debate that is warming up has strong parallels with the debate on foundation hospitals, in that one is either on one side or the other.
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The development of the concept of hotel rating and its associated definitions display strong parallels.
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However, given the strong parallels of inhumations accompanying chariot burials there is no reason to doubt the former presence of a body in the pit.
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We formulate the notions of parallel andstrongparallelindependence and present three parallel commutativity results.
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The ability ofstrongparallelprocessing is an important advantage of quantum robots over classical robots.
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Given thestrongparallelbetween adverbs and quantifiers, it might be desirable to go one step further and collapse the scope-taking mechanisms for these elements into a single principle.
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It seems that astrongparallelcan be drawn between the existing law of interdict and the proposed law on restraint orders.
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He is entirely correct that there is astrongparallelbetween what happened last week and what happened this week.
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The basal leaves are lanceolate spreading or erect, scarcely toothed with 3-5strongparallelveins narrowed to short petiole.
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There is astrongparallelhere with the structure of government, which tends to separate the political cabinet from the management civil service.
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Historically, there has been astrongparallelbetween the art manifesto and the political manifesto.
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Characteristics of the villanesca's comic language such as parody and reproach also find strong parallels in carnivalesque genres.
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There are strong parallels between older people as a social group and disabled people.
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There are strong parallels here with the phase that cultural studies went through ten years ago.
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The strong parallels between the ecological approach and the functioning of the dorsal system, and between the constructivist approach and the functioning of the ventral system are noted.
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I find strong parallels between what has been described here and the way in which the maritime industry has moved in recent years.
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It has developed swiftly in relation to both forestry and farming with which there are strong parallels.
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