part and parcel

noun

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

Examples of part and parcel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Aries solar eclipse on the 8th, which comes part and parcel with a Mars-Saturn conjunction on the 10th, might feel like an acceleration on your way out the door of a friend group or community that doesn’t really have your back when all is said, done, and accounted for. Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2024 The significance of the rise in the Chinese auto industry as part and parcel of the energy transition is hard to understate. Justin Worland, TIME, 12 Jan. 2024 That was kind of part and parcel for an ensemble show, but obviously there was a disproportionate amount of focus on Jack and Kate and Locke and Sawyer — the white characters. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 30 May 2023 The new boom and bust Going through boom and bust cycles has been part and parcel of life in the Inland Empire. Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024 Its patronage for the axis of resistance is part and parcel of that campaign. Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2024 But Sharif is part and parcel of a political system strung around Pakistan’s military, a sprawling entity that maintains significant economic interests and exerts influence across Pakistani society. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024 Diversifying the casting of the show is part and parcel to modernizing the books’ stories, says Mr. Chinman, similar to complicating young viewers’ understanding of monsters and morality. Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024 Trouble — see the deaths of John Belushi (drug overdose in Bungalow 3) or Helmut Newton (car crash at the driveway) — is part and parcel of Chateau lore. Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023

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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 19 Apr. 2024.

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