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distribution

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




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The difference: Louisiana at least has a reasonable distribution of fast chargers along its primary highways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

When and where to build roads; how to eliminate waste in food distribution and thus end hunger; how to protect the environment from the ever-growing human population.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The median outcome for a retiree using this strategy in Capital Group’s simulation is retaining about 74% of the original balance if accounting for required minimum distributions, and more than 100% without accounting for them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

That wouldn’t matter for retirees holding Treasurys inside a tax-deferred retirement account like an IRA, but any distributions would count as income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

European soccer, similarly, is organized like hockey and baseball—and the birth-date distributions in that sport are heavily skewed as well.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell


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