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parcel

[pahr-suhl] / ˈpɑr səl /
NOUN
container prepared to be sent
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NOUN
piece of land
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The property, known as Hazel Green Ranch, is an undeveloped parcel of meadowland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Citi analyst Ariel Rosa sees value in parcel shipping stocks heading into the holiday shopping season.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

At 8.4 acres acres, the parcel is one of only a handful of properties in the state that can accommodate a private helipad.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

There have also been questions about Amazon parcel logistics, requests to borrow cereal bowls and what tog duvet other people's children were given.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Harry dashed to the bed, untied the cords around Errol’s legs, took off the parcel, and then carried Errol to Hedwig’s cage.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

A Royal Mail spokesperson said the company always worked to ensure all mail - both letters and parcels - were delivered on time.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Residents will retain their post office box numbers and continue picking up parcels downtown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The acquisition included four parcels totaling roughly seven acres and two residences, with the centerpiece being an enormous nine-bedroom waterfront mansion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Sampson-Smith said, as well as providing food parcels and meals, the community pantry also provide a space for people to speak with a cost of living worker and family hub workers.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Despite a minor explosion while we mixed her dyspepsia elixir, the parcels turned out beautifully, each wrapped in red-white-and-blue gingham, and I am sure they will be received with great appreciation.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The acres parceled out for Stratos all lie on private, unzoned property, and the landowners there had already granted their blessing.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026

Certain credits are parceled out quarterly or even monthly, and premium cards can have the feel of a coupon book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

I scan the little slots until I find mine: a refill of Greek oregano, parceled out in a plastic baggie with a heat-sealed strip.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025

Convention delegates were basically parceled out in proportion to a candidate’s vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

But when the lands that the agrarian reform had parceled out were returned to their former owners, they were reassured: things were returning to the good old days.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

In the run-up to “One Battle After Another,” DiCaprio played the traditional role of the elusive movie star, parceling out access and promotional appearances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

California became an agricultural powerhouse by taming its rivers and parceling out their flows.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

But the league is also parceling off more rights and three of the next seven Stanley Cup Finals to a secondary bidder.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2021

A parliamentary investigative committee questioned Akoub about that deal, as well as real-estate repossession and the parceling off of state land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2019

"I'm thinking of parceling off portions of my brain," I once told her.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Golden rice fields stretch across the Vercelli plain between Milan and Turin, a parcelled landscape broken only by the wood and wetlands created by Cerutti, now home to rare birds and insects.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Just open up a page and experience the meditative calm of reading alphabetized lists that are parcelled into neat little sections.

From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2020

His downfall is parcelled out carefully along the way, and each new attempt to escape his fate brings about new and awful consequences.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2019

At the house, Alvarado filled Cox’s container from a five-gallon blue plastic water jug—ten litres for a hundred dollars, to be parcelled out in bottles that he would sell for three hundred apiece.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016

That first captain walled their promontory, built their homes and shrines, and parcelled out the black land for the plow.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Congo-Brazzaville's government has already begun parcelling out blocks of land and looking for potential investors, although there is some uncertainty about the extent and significance of the oil reserves.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2022

Given all this filtering and parcelling out, it’s not surprising that memory is imperfect.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2014

And once you begin parcelling out roles rather than wrapping them together in a single nightmare bundle, it gets rather easier to find George Entwistle's successor.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2012

Popular in Czechoslovakia is the Government's policy of seizing the broad acres of great nobles and parcelling them out among the poor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he conceals the assumption by parcelling out the accidental modification in a supposed series of transitional stages.

From At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers by Edwin V. O'Harra


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