parcel out
phrasal verb
parceled out or parcelled out; parceling out or parcelling out; parcels out
: to divide or share (something) among different people, groups, etc.
The money was parceled out to local charities.
They plan to parcel the tickets out in a lottery.
We need to stop parceling out the blame for this problem and start working on a solution.
Examples of parcel out in a Sentence
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Most parties guard any information about yachts under build like top-secret information until the boat is finally unveiled years later, even then information is parceled out to the public at the owner’s discretion.
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
The show’s pace at first is a test of patience—Task parcels out its details, lingering on shots of the birds Tom watches through binoculars, and the endless green of the Pennsylvania woods.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Anticipated is a trilogy of major design upgrades for the iPhone parceled out over the next three years.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
That’s the backstory parceled out over the course of the movie.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
The third phase entails training them in whatever tasks have been parceled out.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
As filmmaker, Davidtz parcels out information about the family’s past trauma like a repressed memory stubbornly surfacing, bobbing to the top of their consciousness.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 12 July 2025
In the third quarter, UPS expects to pull 500,000 Amazon parcels out of its network.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
The show’s pace at first is a test of patience—Task parcels out its details, lingering on shots of the birds Tom watches through binoculars, and the endless green of the Pennsylvania woods.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Anticipated is a trilogy of major design upgrades for the iPhone parceled out over the next three years.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
That’s the backstory parceled out over the course of the movie.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
The third phase entails training them in whatever tasks have been parceled out.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
As filmmaker, Davidtz parcels out information about the family’s past trauma like a repressed memory stubbornly surfacing, bobbing to the top of their consciousness.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 12 July 2025
In the third quarter, UPS expects to pull 500,000 Amazon parcels out of its network.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Parcel out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel%20out. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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