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

Recent Examples on the Web And it's often done very publicly, with bills being parceled out to a bellman or server for the whole world to see. Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024 Biopics traditionally tend toward clarity, parceling out bite-sized insights into the lives of presidents, artists, and activists. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024 Lichtenstein around 2018 began unwinding the Lichtenstein Foundation, parceling out four hundred artworks to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, which thanks to the gift now holds the world’s largest collection of the Pop artist’s work. News Desk, Artforum, 11 July 2024 The state’s 2023 budget allocated just $7 million, parceled out in grants of up to $100,000, for districts to implement restorative justice practices. Gail Cornwall, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024 The bill also changes how the money is parceled out. Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 11 June 2024 These men traditionally parcel out power, with each responsible for certain areas—foreign policy, the economy, personnel, anticorruption, and so on. Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 By parceling out that information to help advertisers target you, with or without your consent, Google makes more than $10 billion every quarter. Charles Seife, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2013 The program was vastly oversubscribed, and the money has now been parceled out to nonprofits across the country that are building community land trusts, helping heirs gain clear title to family land, and furnishing technical assistance to those just getting started. Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 30 May 2024

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“Parcel out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel%20out. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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