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distribution

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




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He also conducts what he calls a “self-audit” to rid himself of acronyms such as RMD, which stands for required minimum distribution, and QCD for qualified charitable distribution.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

As structured, the deal does not appear to require any public disclosures about pay or distribution of shares to executives.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Starting in 1990 as a transport company, Ravatomanga's Sodiat Group expanded into a sprawling conglomerate spanning automotive distribution, aviation, private security, media, construction, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, tourism and Madagascar's lucrative vanilla trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

But Afram made “Fortitude” without a co-financier or a distribution partner who could guarantee it would play in theaters or be streamed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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

Once they get wind of your required minimum distributions in your early 70s, they will come knocking again.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

So if yields are rising, maybe because inflation is running hot, the fund’s distributions will steadily rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

When it’s time to start taking your required minimum distributions, you could drop to two or three shifts a week or, better yet, move to a seated job like customer service.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those younger than 59½ also could face a 10% tax on early distributions unless an exception applies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The significance of that botanical wealth for humans is illustrated by the geographer Mark Blunder's studies of wild grass distributions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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