part and parcel

noun

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

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Louis Vuitton’s recruitment of Pharrell Williams as its men’s creative director in 2023 also exemplified the cult of personality that has become part and parcel of fashion’s marketing mechanisms. Footwear News, 5 May 2025 Ditto the ambiguity that’s also part and parcel of his storytelling. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025 The hope is that by getting contemporary AI to comply with human values, this will presumably become part and parcel of AGI and ASI. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 The union’s wherewithal to resist the cap has become almost part and parcel of its identity and there has never been any indication that the players are prepared to give in now. Chris Deubert, Forbes, 7 Mar. 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 24 May. 2025.

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