parcel (out)

verb

Definition of parcel (out)next
as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parcel (out)
  1. distribute
  2. dispense
  3. provide
  4. allocate
  5. portion
  6. administer
  7. hand out
Verb
  • Uganda received its first batch of nearly 20,000 doses of lenacapavir in February and began distributing it in April, one month behind schedule.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Images distributed by Iran’s semiofficial news agency ISNA showed oil fouling the island's beaches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of distribute
Verb
  • That’s the takeaway from an incident in the small city of Chuzhou, China, after a large langue model dispensed some advice that led to the untimely death of 25 acres worth of produce.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The new law prohibits drugmakers from restricting the number or types of pharmacies that hospitals and other providers can contract with to dispense medications to their patients through a federal program called the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispense
Verb
  • The plan will intensify the battle between Amazon and Walmart to provide consumers with the fastest delivery times.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Australians do provide a men’s and women’s singles berth for a player from the Asia-Pacific region, to foster development in less traditional tennis countries.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of provide
Verb
  • Mamdani campaigned on a goal of allocating 1 percent of the city’s budget to parks.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Different jurisdictions and governance structures will allocate responsibilities differently.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of allocate
Verb
  • Instead, portion out small servings and keep the rest chilled, refilling the platter as needed.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Try to portion snacks ahead of time instead of eating straight from the bag or container.
    — Lindsey DeSoto, HEALTH, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of portion
Verb
  • This meant that they were designed to administer large, complicated, stable programs through careful planning and centralized control and that the problems they were supposed to address were assumed to be known in advance.
    — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Officials say on-site medical personnel and emergency medical services administered aid to Hartley, but he was pronounced dead at the jail.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of administer
Verb
  • About 100,000 free tickets have been handed out through a lottery.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • While the rules for A grades are set, there is no constraint on the number of A-minus grades that professors can hand out.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of hand out
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“Parcel (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parcel%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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