part and parcel

Idioms  

1. An essential or basic element, as in Traveling is part and parcel of Zach's job. Used since the 15th century as a legal term, with part meaning “a portion” and parcel “something integral with a whole,” this idiom began to be used more loosely from about 1800. Although both nouns have the same basic meaning, the redundancy lends emphasis.

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part and parcel

Aymann: I think it’s part and parcel of the Muslim American experience.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Brock’s other insights on life, existence and death are more generalized; they’re just part and parcel of being 50 years old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The private-credit boom has been part and parcel of a broader embrace of risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

He said it was all part and parcel of modern tennis.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

The cooling palma christi leaves that Janie had bound about her grandma’s head with a white rag had wilted down and become part and parcel of the woman.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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