PARCELED (OUT) Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

parceled (out)

verb

variants or parcelled (out)

past tense of parcel (out)

as in distributed

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair

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The five-week payout schedule may require some patience, especially for bettors focused on football, but users can still make the most of the offer as the bonus bets are distributed.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The duo, fundraising co-chairs on the Class of 2029 Council, distributed 100 quarts of soup to needy classmates last week, gifted to them by local restaurant Souper Jenny.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of distributed

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In a world where kissing up and pissing down was, if not accepted, often tolerated as the price of doing business, Wayne dispensed grace in every direction.

— Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
The clip opens onto what looks to be the tribute parade in a stadium filled with purple and yellow smoke dispensed by drone-like airships.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

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This could look like pointing out a character’s different skin tone in a board book, or noticing aloud why a toy aisle is divided by color.

— Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
According to Sipple, there were between five and eight children per grade level, divided between boarders and day students.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of divided

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Mayor Linda Gorton told me the city has handed out free gun locks and offered to buy back guns from residents, among other interventions.

— Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Some T-shirts and hats were handed out, but players only briefly put them on before adding them to the piles some of them have at home.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of handed out

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The move would overhaul how federal money is allocated to science—a similar rule change was already proposed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which garnered significant criticism from scientists and national science organizations.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
City Council members allocated $400,000 to support the CARE program’s first phase of development in February 2024.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

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