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as in property
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development subdivided the huge farm into smaller parcels for sale

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as in package
a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items received a mysterious parcel in the mail

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Recent Examples of parcel The State Building Commission approved July 31 a rent-free lease of a parking lot parcel to Boring Co. to launch a tunnel-boring machine. Stuart Dyos, The Tennessean, 12 Aug. 2025 The 26-acre parcel is already home to apartment buildings, retail shops, offices, a movie theater and a number of restaurants, such as Blanco, Culinary Dropout and newcomer Le French. Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025 Before deployment, each parcel is mapped with centimeter-by-centimeter precision, defining treatment plans that allow Icaro to work even without a satellite signal. Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 New York — President Donald Trump last week suspended a global trade loophole allowing smaller parcels into America duty-free. Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parcel
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  • Indeed, the footage of the cluster of cells meeting the uterus looks like a mini cosmic explosion.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The organization also is partnering with a nonprofit developer to create a cluster of 21 shipping containers converted into little houses in Eastpointe, just outside Detroit.
    Felice J. Freyer, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
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  • Sanders returned to the field at the start of the second quarter and delivered a huge touchdown pass to Kaden Davis.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Also worth reading 🏈 Sports: The Lions-Falcons preseason game was suspended in the fourth quarter after Lions defensive back Morice Norris was taken off the field in an ambulance following what appeared to be a neck injury.
    Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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  • The man, a Mexican national, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a federal officer, assaulting a federal officer resulting in bodily injury and destruction of government property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The Fourth Amendment guarantees the right to refuse search or entry to property without a valid and signed judicial warrant.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
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  • The organization’s data showed that drowning rates are rising too, with already at-risk groups like young children and seniors of all races and ethnicities, as well as Black people of all ages, seeing the greatest increase in deaths.
    Sophie Kaufman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The French group, parent of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and other luxury brands, has an option to buy 100 percent of Valentino’s capital by 2028, while Mayhoola could become a shareholder in Kering.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2025
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  • Government jobs often come with generous benefits and retirement packages that most small businesses on Main Street cannot afford to offer.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The overall number of games that fans will be able to watch outside of their local markets will be up in 2025-26 under the first year of the NBA’s new media rights package.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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  • The newest batch of openings follows Ernie Herrman, CEO of TJX Companies, announcing in May 2024 a goal of opening at least 1,300 additional locations globally across the TJX portfolio of stores.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Many speculated that a batch of two dozen factory-fresh Flankers Moscow had initially built for Egypt would now go to Iran.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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  • The Dead to Me actress shared that doctors thought her condition could be a urinary tract infection, and questioned her wiping technique.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Penicillin and closely related antibiotics such as amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanate, which goes by the brand name Augmentin, are frequently prescribed to treat common infections such as ear infections, strep throat, urinary tract infections, pneumonia and dental infections.
    Elizabeth W. Covington, The Conversation, 31 July 2025
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  • Despite questions, Rowan Ranch developer is confident For years, the 80-acre Rowan Ranch plot has sat undeveloped, in part because Mary’s Creek, a tributary to the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, flows along its eastern edge, placing a strip of land directly in the floodway.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In one of the most fearsome plots, the Denmark Vesey conspiracy of 1822, rebels allegedly planned to burn down Charleston.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Parcel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parcel. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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