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distribute

[dih-strib-yoot] / dɪˈstrɪb jut /




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That may include user-run blogs that could be used to spread computer viruses, spam people or distribute malicious content.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Its $9.5 million “power and energy” proposal promised cutting-edge research on how to distribute the limited power on board a ship between multiple energy-intense systems, like radars, lasers and rail guns.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Bloomberg has an agreement with Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, to distribute news, and the companies’ newswires compete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In March 2025, both companies signed agreements with SpaceX to distribute Starlink equipment and services in India, subject to government approval.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Outside, everyone sings happy birthday, and Avery and I blow out candles and distribute slices of cake.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Rende's company in North Jackson, Ohio, makes and distributes aluminum building products used in fixtures like fences.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

But he is also outstanding with the ball because he distributes it quickly and always chooses the right route.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Monday’s decision suspends—for now—the television press pool, which distributes video footage and reporting about the president to TV networks and other broadcast outlets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

He also makes children’s toys that he distributes to any children on the block or that he encounters out and about.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

He distributes the drinks and snacks to everyone in our group and squeezes between me and Belén.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

Amount of Anthropic’s shares the company is to commit to a public benefit fund that could be distributed to charitable organizations or directly to people whose livelihoods are displaced by AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Huang’s fall signals that Xi’s anticorruption campaign is accelerating ahead of the 21st Party Congress, expected for late 2027, when the party decides who joins its top leadership and how power is distributed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

This fortunate alignment has given scientists an exceptionally precise way to measure how mass is distributed throughout the cluster.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

The SPS said there were no prisoner requests for bottled water overnight on Friday but supplies were distributed.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The bishop’s sermons were secretly reproduced into leaflets and distributed throughout Germany.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

On Friday, photographs were released of the Pope celebrating Mass and distributing communion in hospital for staff.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The music group also said it notified the defendants on Aug. 17 of “the material musical similarities” but that the defendants “continued reproducing, distributing, licensing, publicly performing and commercially exploiting” Dean’s “I’ve Seen It.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

The pressure would fall first on model developers and the companies financing and distributing their products.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Mr. Popper solved it, however, by distributing the extra eggs under hot-water bottles and electric heating-pads, kept just at penguin-body heat.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater


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