closest parallel
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandparallel
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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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 ofcloseandparallelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I think this is theclosestparallelwhich one can find.
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Theclosestparallelis between payments made to political parties and other payments made by companies, such as to local charities or communities.
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It seems to me that that is theclosestparallelyou have here.
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That is theclosestparallelto espionage and counterespionage, and in both exercises silence is the essence of success.
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I often think it is easier if one looks at a parallel instance and theclosestparallelis the national insurance scheme.
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I think that theclosestparallelwould be with something like a teaching hospital.
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That is perhaps theclosestparallel.
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Theclosestparallelto this now-defunct rank is rear admiral lower half.
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The two closest parallels, extracted rather quickly—and there may be others were these.
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The closest parallels are decisions taken on civil servants where there are risks to national security, and immigration decisions where national security calls for a person's exclusion.
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