part and parcel of
idiom
: a basic and necessary part of (something)
Stress was part and parcel of the job.
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But now that superhero movies like The Flash are fixated on multiverses, those kinds of Easter eggs are part and parcel of the main course.
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 June 2023
Movement is part and parcel of the labor market, and there’s no fighting the tide.
—Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
Colleges were part and parcel of the public financial system, which was closely integrated with the slave economy.
—Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
Too befuddled to interrogate the basic premise of her belief systems, Mira accepts despair as part and parcel of her privilege.
—Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 June 2023
Movement is part and parcel of the labor market, and there’s no fighting the tide.
—Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
Colleges were part and parcel of the public financial system, which was closely integrated with the slave economy.
—Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
Too befuddled to interrogate the basic premise of her belief systems, Mira accepts despair as part and parcel of her privilege.
—Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
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“Part and parcel of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/part%20and%20parcel%20of. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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