parceling

Example Sentences

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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

Inside the Weggs’ yellow colonial, on five acres north of Indianapolis, Rodney had been parceling out limited information.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2021

A dark night was falling, one of a different order from the soft, large, kind ones of childhood under the anacahuita tree, Pap£ parceling out futures and Mama fussing at his drinking.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez