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

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2021

The Irvine Co. had wound down its cattle operations and was parceling out its 185 square miles of land.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2018

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