distribution
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A sandbag distribution site at a parking lot located at 5400 E. Ocean Blvd. will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning Friday and lasting through the weather event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In December, executives acknowledged that high prices were driving away customers and announced plans to close up to 90 underperforming stores nationwide and a distribution center in Illinois.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"We show that a well-established tool from studies of the Milky Way can be used to understand other galaxies, where measuring the distribution of dark matter has traditionally been very challenging," says Julie Kiel Holm.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Anmuth highlighted Muse’s user-friendly interface, generous free tier and Meta’s distribution advantage across various social-media platforms.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
After hearing one of Lander’s orations, she arranged for the distribution of his autobiography; the printer had previously put out a line of Shakespeare’s tragedies.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
“The findings provide additional evidence supporting the role of a 6-8 hours’ sleep duration as a health safeguard for middle-aged and older adults, likely attributable to more favorable distributions of sleep stages,” the authors say.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Their dataset included 381 survey transects across 38 catchments and 499 rural properties, along with models charting the distributions of 160 bird species and 426 tree species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
The lawsuit focused on the merger’s effects on theater and cable distributions, but both are shrinking businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
If it’s a Roth IRA, the distribution rules are different, and qualified distributions may be tax-free.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
The other three families have fragmented distributions, being spoken by “islands” of people surrounded by a “sea” of speakers of Chinese and other language families.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing distribution
Human Geography - High School
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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