- present participle of distribute.
distributing
Example Sentences
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Batteries near population centers relieve congestion on the grid during high demand by distributing power directly to the surrounding area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“He’s not the JV kid who got pulled up to varsity. He’s the starter. He’s done a good job distributing the ball.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
An executor has a fiduciary responsibility to transparently and honestly deal with all aspects of the deceased’s estate, including paying creditors and taxes and distributing assets to heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"By distributing it digitally through their own network and their own servers, they save a huge amount of margin."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
For a month he had worked on these papers, scribbling them during working hours, typing and making carbons on the typewriter at the New York Café, distributing them by hand.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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