part and parcel of

idiom

: a basic and necessary part of (something)
Stress was part and parcel of the job.

Examples of part and parcel of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for part and parcel of 

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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 31 Oct. 2024.

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