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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parceled (out)
  1. distributed
  2. dispensed
  3. divided
  4. handed out
  5. provided
  6. allocated
Verb
  • The group has constructed more than 820 all-terrain wheelchairs; fabricated 900 orthotics and prosthetics; and distributed more than 740 hearing aids.
    — Allie Torgan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The decline in applications was unevenly distributed across institutions, with data suggesting a larger cushion for the most competitive universities than for those with a lower global profile.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributed
Verb
  • Standard treatment of anaphylaxis is a shot of epinephrine — commonly dispensed in an Epi-Pen — followed by a trip to the emergency room.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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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  • There are no instructions handed out, no pregame walkthroughs.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • City officials estimate that 9,000 to 10,000 migrants — including about 2,000 minors — could still be in the city, based on the number of daily food rations handed out by aid groups.
    — Antonio Sempere, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of handed out
Verb
  • The team was not able to recover nuclear DNA, which would have provided more detailed information.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Many are directed towards Ryan Giles, their attack-minded left-back, who regularly pushes forward on the overlap and provided eight league assists last season (illustrated below).
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of provided
Verb
  • 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
Definition of allocated
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“Parceled (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parceled%20%28out%29. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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