Across and Parallel

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Across adverb - From one side to the other of an intervening space.

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Parallel and across are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parallel" instead an adverb "Across".

Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.

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Across and parallel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Across" instead an adverb "Parallel".

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

Similarly, a 1990's Superboy story involved an evil alternate universe Superboy trying to conquer parallel worlds with an army of Doomsdays he had gathered from across the multiverse.

Source: Send in the Clones
His father had ordered them to deploy in a line, not across the axis of advance, but parallel to it, ensuring that they'd meet the enemy one by one instead of together.

Source: Fanfic / Advice and Trust
In The Land Before Time, the original villain Sharptooth (and his TV show parallel Red Claw) have a jagged red scar across one eye.

Source: Good Scars, Evil Scars

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