PARCELLED (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 company said its network reaches more than 700 million viewers in India and is distributed in over 150 countries.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Within urban communities Hoodoo became increasingly commercialized, its ritual material distributed through supply houses, sold in stores, and advertised in the growing African American media.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of distributed

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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 clarifying agent can be dispensed into the water via the app while the robot is making its rounds, and it is designed to help keep your pool water sparkling.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of dispensed

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Men’s domestic cricket in Pakistan, aside from a brief spell from 2019 to 2023 while former Test captain Imran Khan was the country’s prime minister and instigated change, is divided between teams from regions and departments.

— Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Customer data, inventory visibility, budgets, and decision rights should not remain divided by channel.

— Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of divided

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Instead, the rain dissipated around noon, the temperature dropped, and a slight breeze provided a slight reprieve to the corn-sweat humidity that engulfs this region every August.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The funding would reimburse services provided to Oakland County residents, including cancer screenings, annual wellness exams, STI testing and treatment, contraception, and reproductive health counseling.

— Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of provided

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Building a Better California has also allocated a large chunk of its massive war chest to reserve $87 million worth of advertising time ahead of the November election to sway public opinion, the New York Times reported last month.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Yet the ones that are less successful tend to be more allocated.

— Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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