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distribution

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




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A Treasury official said last month the department was looking at blacklisting entities that provide warehouses and distribution centers to shut down the movement of goods into Iran’s land borders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Ultimately, I leave you to decide whether this $90,000 distribution was fair because you’re the one who has to live with the court’s decision.

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

Dad heads over to the frozen-turkeys area, Mom goes to the distribution tables, and Zack and I join the kids packing up boxes.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

That’s when clients begin to take action, especially if they are facing high required minimum distributions later in life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The bank launched a share buyback program worth 500 million pounds, below the company-compiled consensus of 579 million pounds, bringing year-to-date distributions to 2.8 billion pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The grandly named Anthropic Public Benefit Fund “might explore” donations to existing nonprofits, or “direct distributions to specific populations,” the company says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

Instead, the mystery involves blacks, Pygmies, and Khoisan, whose distributions hint at past population upheavals.

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


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