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distribute

[dih-strib-yoot] / dɪˈstrɪb jut /




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CBS will continue to distribute the shows in the U.S. for an additional two and a half years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

"We have also distributed underwear but there are a lot of people and not everyone would have got them. We will distribute another lot in two days," she told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Schools and colleges will distribute grades in person, but from 11:00 BST pupils at more than 750 schools in England will also be able to see their grades on their phones.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Cantor Fitzgerald will act as a broker, buying or selling blocks of event contracts and helping to distribute them through private negotiations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It is not decipherable in the moment, but eventually it will offer a picture of what is happening inside the study subject’s brain as she’s asked to distribute her focus more widely.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

A special-needs trust or spendthrift trust distributes funds based on need.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

It also distributes tens of thousands of free tickets to nonprofit organizations through a program called Community Concert Connections.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Thanks to the genius of a constitution that distributes power widely, the risk of tyrannous majority rule is limited.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Roku is an attractive asset because its smart TV platform distributes streaming services to more than 100 million households.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

He handed something to me—handed it to me as impersonally as the average waiter distributes menus.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

A budget bill approved Tuesday morning also includes $25 million for home hardening grants, rebates or loans to be distributed through a separate program to be created by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

"We have also distributed underwear but there are a lot of people and not everyone would have got them. We will distribute another lot in two days," she told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

If the property sold for $400,000 and the tax debt was $10,000, for example, the remaining $390,000 would usually be distributed to the life tenant and any remaining beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Instead of being laid out spatially, its wiring works more like a bar code, with distributed patterns of activity representing particular smells or complex memories.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Why did wealth and power become distributed as they now are, rather than in some other way?

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

At the Nuwakot shelter, an AFP reporter saw workers from the United Nations Population Fund distributing "dignity kits" containing sanitary pads, soap, underwear and other basic personal-care items to women.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Companies such as Northwestern Mutual, New York Life and MassMutual have been consistently distributing dividends to customers since the 1800s.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

They contend the costs and energy demands of producing and distributing it make it inferior to batteries in almost every case.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Reforms made over the last two years mean that companies listing in London can offer fewer shares for sale, spend less on distributing company information to analysts, and face fewer hurdles in acquiring other companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Gurgi had already opened the wallet and was proudly distributing its contents.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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