part and parcel

noun

: an essential or integral component
stress was part and parcel of the job

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In addition to Ducasse’s culinary mastery, offering a cohesive experience that encompasses the liveried staff in period costumes and the ceremonial is part and parcel of the success of the banquet, according to Révah. Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025 In some ways, this consume-and-discard approach is part and parcel of my job. Daisy Jones, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025 The unusual breadth of Turing’s intellectual talents—mathematician, logician, code breaker, philosopher, computer theoretician, AI pioneer, and computational biologist—is already part and parcel of his public persona. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025 Besides the comedy, Shaun the Sheep Movie also meditates on urban alienation, and the lonely anonymity that’s part and parcel of moving through a metropolis. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for part and parcel

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of part and parcel was in the 15th century

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“Part and parcel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/part%20and%20parcel. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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