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distribution

[dis-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌdɪs trəˈbyu ʃən /




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Kenanga maintains an overweight rating on Malaysia’s utilities sector, pegging Tenaga Nasional as its top pick, given the company’s exposure to demand growth as well as higher investment in transmission and distribution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Parents, too, should identify “local food distribution sites and childcare options. They should also make sure their contact information is up to date to receive District updates through Blackboard Connect.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Choices can be made with regard to engine architecture that could have a positive influence on aspects such as weight distribution and even aerodynamics.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Bear markets rarely emerge without warning, not that one is necessarily at hand, but subtle signs of distribution often build quietly before becoming more pronounced.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The central limit theorem states that under a wide variety of circumstances this will always be the case—averages and sums of nonnormally distributed quantities will nevertheless themselves have a normal distribution.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos