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as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit
her absurd explanation for the collision was a parcel of lies
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as in properties
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 groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a parcel of kids trailing at their heels
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Recent Examples of parcels
Chicago’s 2013 Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance allows up to a 100% reduction in parking minimums for parcels near CTA rail stations.
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Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The city that built out, not up, offered land aplenty — acres at first, then smaller and smaller parcels, fine and dandy, just so long as the front door shut out the world and the back door opened onto a yard, green, clean, and most of all private.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
The Housing Authority has owned the parcels since at least 2018, according to Ada County property records.
—Mark Dee
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
The property includes several parcels of land from Smithfield to Hewitt Street.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
Inspections by French customs of 320,000 Shein parcels at Charles de Gaulle Airport later found a 25 percent non-compliance rate, triggering a judicial push by the French government to suspend the platform for three months.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
LLCs with ties to Neumann have purchased numerous parcels of land in El Portal, including some multifamily residential buildings and the site of a shuttered trailer park.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
The city owns the properties on the corner as well as many parcels in the historic neighborhood.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
The 55-year leases for two of the three parcels that make up the golf course are up.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The city that built out, not up, offered land aplenty — acres at first, then smaller and smaller parcels, fine and dandy, just so long as the front door shut out the world and the back door opened onto a yard, green, clean, and most of all private.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
The Housing Authority has owned the parcels since at least 2018, according to Ada County property records.
—Mark Dee
may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
The property includes several parcels of land from Smithfield to Hewitt Street.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
Inspections by French customs of 320,000 Shein parcels at Charles de Gaulle Airport later found a 25 percent non-compliance rate, triggering a judicial push by the French government to suspend the platform for three months.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
LLCs with ties to Neumann have purchased numerous parcels of land in El Portal, including some multifamily residential buildings and the site of a shuttered trailer park.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
The city owns the properties on the corner as well as many parcels in the historic neighborhood.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
The 55-year leases for two of the three parcels that make up the golf course are up.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parcels
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Along its spiral arms, bright orange pockets mark areas where new star clusters are forming, carving out glowing bubbles in the surrounding material.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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Lion’s ear produce clusters of fuzzy orange flowers that give the plant its common name.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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The funds will also be open to the entire city moving forward, rather than specific census tracts.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black man known as the city’s first non-native settler, sold his properties in Chicago.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Lemon Balm — Mint-family herb with calming, anti-anxiety, and antidepressant properties.—
Ryan Brennan
May 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 May 2026
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The coach also pulled small groups of challenging students out of Lignore’s class to teach them social and emotional skills and helped Lignore make and consistently use behavior charts with her students.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The ambassadors wore Day-Glo-green T-shirts and usually worked in groups of two or three.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The Pistil plugin bundles Orchid’s synth emulators into a format that can live inside any digital audio workstation and launches with 10 new sounds and discounted pricing for existing hardware owners.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
5 May 2026
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May 4 to May 11, the team will offer seven bundles available during the event.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Since pharmaceutical companies typically make drugs and therapies in batches and plan those batches months in advance, some companies may not be able to increase estrogen patch production for a few months, Ganio said.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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At present, the team has only managed to showcase the catalyst under laboratory conditions in small batches.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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In the blueberry capital of Georgia, where flat coastal plains stretch out on either side of the road, there’s a good chance travelers will drive past fields of bushy blueberry crops growing in long, monotonous rows.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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This small village on the Côte d’Azur, in France, is scented with fields of jasmine, rose, and lavender.—
Kelley Manley,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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Double doors open onto an outdoor terrace and reveal a private plunge pool, a double daybed, and multiple seating areas, each ideally suited for enjoying a morning coffee or a late-afternoon glass of Corsican wine, overlooking the surrounding plots of lavender and olive trees.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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He was protected by a large security detail during his appearance, as recent reports claim that the Kremlin has tightened its monitoring of Putin amid fears of assassination attempts and possible coup plots.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2026
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“Parcels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parcels. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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