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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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With all the donations, the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust can purchase the parcel, as well as cover closing costs, taxes, legal fees and some maintenance of the land.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

“Extreme heat is part and parcel of our lives these days, and we must adapt to it,” Langer said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

According to planning applications, Jenner had earmarked the parcel to serve as the location of an enormous 18,000-square-foot property that would offer her additional privacy and more room for her family to enjoy.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Injuries are part and parcel of elite sport, but the view that tennis is becoming increasingly punishing is supported by medical experts.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

They must’ve figured they could, because they sat back down and opened their parcel of sandwiches.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Because many parcels remain undeveloped in the farther reaches of Lehigh Acres, streets often contain an unorthodox mix of sleek new homes, 1970s-style ranch houses and empty, overgrown lots.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

She runs an organisation supporting other women who have been detained, and, using a secret network, helps send parcels from families to those still in captivity.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Lange pointed to data showing that since 2022, small parcels from abroad have more than quadrupled: from 1.39 billion to 5.88 billion in 2025.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

In this case, the proposed BID encompasses more than 160 parcels that are owned by more than 70 property owners within the “flats” area adjacent to a series of railroad tracks.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

“Oh, dear!” said Michael to himself, as he followed her, staggering under the weight of his parcels.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

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

The bill would create 250,000 green card-eligible family and employment-based visas that would be parceled out over five years.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 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

The insurance department, in turn, has encouraged companies to ask for all the rate increases they need at once, rather than parceling out requests over time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2023

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

Or was it just more of the same parceling out of fortunes that had brought us this far, to this place where our path would finally divide into two?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

When the crowd - penned 10-deep all along the Mall for hours - surged into the area in front of the palace, you could have parcelled up the joy and sold it around the world.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2022

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

Individual land ownership is often ineffectual for forests and rangelands, which lose their value when parcelled up.

From Economist Jul. 14, 2016

Meanwhile, residents such as Majoor and Felicia are watching an area they love being parcelled up and sold off, along with its sense of community.

From The Guardian Jan. 15, 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

It was in this manner that the parcelling of "The Estate" began.

From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne




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