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.
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Biden's cautious strategy to parcel out weapons, and his late surge of policy changes, have drawn criticism in Kyiv and from Ukrainian troops.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Before, citizenship had been a privilege parceled out by the empire’s ruling Italian elite for good behavior, army service, and/or monetary contributions to the glory of Rome.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
So begins Kate MacIntosh’s delightful historical novel that parcels out wit and wisdom from widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot in 1805.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Jan. 2025
The grief of losing my childhood home, and the grief of seeing the little hill on which my childhood home stands gradually parceled out and excavated to make way for new housing estates.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
Instead, information should be parceled out organically, revealed through conflict, misunderstanding or the characters’ actions.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
But despite these invisible threats, no dermatologic authority recommends parceling out dollops of moisturizer with a tiny metal spoon.
—Brennan Kilbane, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
East Hazel Crest and Homewood will share in gambling revenue the casino produces, but some of the money will also be parceled out to 42 other south suburban communities, under state legislation that made the south suburban casino possible.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
Only once this deal was agreed to were Kurdish and Sunni groups brought into the government, preserving the same dysfunctional system in which ministries are party fiefdoms and the country’s wealth is parceled out among the elites.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2018
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Before, citizenship had been a privilege parceled out by the empire’s ruling Italian elite for good behavior, army service, and/or monetary contributions to the glory of Rome.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
So begins Kate MacIntosh’s delightful historical novel that parcels out wit and wisdom from widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot in 1805.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Jan. 2025
The grief of losing my childhood home, and the grief of seeing the little hill on which my childhood home stands gradually parceled out and excavated to make way for new housing estates.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
Instead, information should be parceled out organically, revealed through conflict, misunderstanding or the characters’ actions.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
But despite these invisible threats, no dermatologic authority recommends parceling out dollops of moisturizer with a tiny metal spoon.
—Brennan Kilbane, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
East Hazel Crest and Homewood will share in gambling revenue the casino produces, but some of the money will also be parceled out to 42 other south suburban communities, under state legislation that made the south suburban casino possible.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
Only once this deal was agreed to were Kurdish and Sunni groups brought into the government, preserving the same dysfunctional system in which ministries are party fiefdoms and the country’s wealth is parceled out among the elites.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2018
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“Parcel out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel%20out. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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