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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 In the new Regensdorf trial, RIVR ONE robots will be hitching rides in Swiss Post delivery vans, then carrying select Swiss Post parcels and Migros Online grocery deliveries from those vans to clients' doorsteps. New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025 The parcel is on the northwest corner of 186th Street and Casey Road, near the Lancaster Crossings Series neighborhood and not far from the Grand Park Sports Campus. Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025 If those parcels were in Boise’s area of impact, the city would be able to comment on the development application, spokesperson Maria Ortega said by email. Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025 In February, Wells Fargo Advisors put in writing what is usually whispered by the private shippers and their allies in Washington: privatization of the USPS would be a boon to UPS and FedEx, and increase parcel prices by up to 140 percent. Mark Dimondstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parcel
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Noun
  • Mechanical controls already seen on the F80 have been carried over, including the Engine Start button, while the digital cluster allows the rapid reconfiguration of the electric driving modes via the eManettino.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In California’s strawberry fields, an ICE raid sparked widespread panic and disruption among farmworker communities.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Charlotte’s second consecutive 11-play drive halted in the red zone after Harrell led the 49ers down the field with repetitive strikes through the air, finding his favorite target, Javen Nicholas, to set Charlotte up in scoring position.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Rochester Hotel Once a public boarding house known as the Peeples Hotel, The Rochester Hotel has been thoroughly revamped into a 15-room property with luxury touches.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That dropped to just two teens in that age group in 2024.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Energy Foundation China, the nonprofit group mentioned by Lucci, is one such major funder of domestic environmental nonprofit organizations, disbursing tens of millions of dollars each year to support American activists while operating under the oversight of the CCP.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • How To Harvest Dill Flowers Dill blossoms deliver strong dill flavor in a delicate, pretty package.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Palestinians in Gaza would receive $5,000 and an aid package to relocate.
    Michele Chabin, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The batch auctions were long gone.
    Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The small-batch ice cream shop spins up scoops inspired by classic Filipino flavors, including as Ube Cookies & Cream, Jackfruit Chili Nut, and Keso Guava Cheesecake.
    Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The area is a vast, rural, mountainous tract of forests with a political ethos that resembles Texas more than Los Angeles, San Francisco, the state capital of Sacramento, and other liberal Democratic environs.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Proponents of the plan argued that these states were already majority white and contained large tracts of undeveloped land, making the territory ideal for white-only settlement.
    Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the pleasures of Ruíz de Azua’s work, in film and TV, is its capacity to generate questions, as the plot builds and on a psychological and social level.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The plot sees the climbing group left reeling after a tragic accident on a mountaineering expedition.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Parcel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parcel. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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