distribute
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The museum was among 30 science institutions across the country taking part in a campaign organised by the government to distribute two million pairs of glasses for free.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Though Stuart suggests it’s still a “volume business” for producers, he believes it’s a win for the platforms that distribute these docs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
To help those who might struggle to pay, energy companies distribute the £150 Warm Home Discount to about six million households in the winter.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
At that point, the funds will either distribute the physical shares of the company to the SPV investors, or will sell the shares and distribute the cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
She interrupted a séance to distribute the nuts to her hungry youngest daughters.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The stuntmen are presumably here because their parent company, Thrill Sports, also distributes Power Slap, Dana White’s passion project.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the brokerage in years past had to plead with issuers to set aside stock for the company’s IPO Access program, which distributes allocated retail shares at random to interested customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The firm has similar restrictions for all IPO shares it distributes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The city typically mails out more than 22,000 copies to residents and distributes about 2,000 copies at city facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Rather than use logos—detailed arguments and eye-glazing statistics about the ways in which the charity achieves the greatest good, distributes its funds, and so on—the ad shoots straight for the heart.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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They were distributed to stores and retail consumers in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mississippi.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The recalled products were distributed to grocery stores in the following 26 states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
If this principle can be successfully incorporated into practical devices, it could improve electricity generation efficiency in distributed energy systems used in buildings and factories.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
It isn’t only functionally efficient but morally proper that rewards for talent, hard work, risk-taking and luck are distributed proportionately to those who possess them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Corn, their staple crop, was stored in granaries and distributed equitably by clan mothers, the oldest woman from each extended family.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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But there was a bottleneck in terms of distributing that information to the designers, marketers and sales teams that the data was meant to help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Luna Blanca, a Ceuta-based charity providing food and social assistance to vulnerable people, said it had been distributing between 3,500 and 4,000 meals a day since the influx began.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
And it would work with partners to "propose a new way of distributing resources through the existing Fifa Forward programme"
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
It’s more probable that the financial-services company is looking for confirmation that she has died so they can begin administering her account and, if appropriate, distributing any assets to the rightful beneficiaries or heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
"You're accused of distributing enemy propaganda. Do you have any idea what this means for you, distributing enemy propaganda?"
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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