Parallel and Sideways

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Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.

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

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

Sideways adverb - With one side faced forward.

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Parallel and sideways are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Parallel" instead an adverb "Sideways".

In one episode, Amy complains that she is useless at parallel parking, and then easily drives in since hovercars can just move sideways.

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Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's The Long Earth takes place in a near future where simple devices allow (nearly) anyone to "step" sideways onto Earth in parallel universes.

Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks
Flash Sideways — Lost named and, along with Sliding Doors, co-codified the trope with its extensive use of parallel timelines in the final season.

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