parceling
Americannoun
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the act of separating or dividing into parts and distributing; allotting or apportioning.
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Nautical. strips of canvas, usually coated with tar, for wrapping around a rope to protect it.
Other Word Forms
- unparceling adjective
- unparcelling adjective
Etymology
Origin of parceling
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at parcel, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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In the run-up to “One Battle After Another,” DiCaprio played the traditional role of the elusive movie star, parceling out access and promotional appearances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
But the league is also parceling off more rights and three of the next seven Stanley Cup Finals to a secondary bidder.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2021
Narrative agency is what interests the author, her manner of parceling out information evoking at times the fragmentary and diaristic sensibilities of Jenny Offill’s “Dept. of Speculation.”
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2020
“Such a delicate ecosystem, so precisely calibrated, in the end destroyed by Jude’s careful parceling of love, of land. Greed, the university’s gobble. Those scaled creatures, killed,” she writes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2018
"I'm thinking of parceling off portions of my brain," I once told her.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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