parcel

Example Sentences

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Due to their strength, they can be secreted in small volumes in parcels.

From BBC

However, records show that Gates still owns at least two homes, as well as several vacant parcels of land around Xanadu 2.0.

From MarketWatch

It is not clear what German authorities want to do and any attempt to get clarity turns into a game of bureaucratic pass the parcel.

From Barron's

Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.

From Salon

Though each farm there was no more than a shack and a square of land, Calvin’s parcel mysteriously yielded more food per square inch than any other farm in the area.

From Literature