distributes

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allocate, deliver, spread v.
classify v.

VERB

allocate, deliver, spread

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administer allot apportion assign circulate disburse dispense disseminate donate give give away hand out issue present scatter share

STRONG

appropriate bestow consign convey deal diffuse disperse dispose divide endow parcel partition prorate radiate ration sow strew

WEAK

cut up deal out dish out divvy up dole out fork out lot out measure out mete pass out pay out shell out slice up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect conceal gather hold keep receive refrain retain take withhold

STRONG

attach combine disarrange join maintain refuse unite

WEAK

hoard preserve store

VERB

classify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange file order

STRONG

assort categorize class group

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disarrange disorder disorganize mix up

WEAK

collect gather hoard hold keep maintain preserve store

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distributes

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

So it distributes labor and fixed costs across more revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

As Hobbes remarked of his friend, ‘Roberval has this peculiarity: whenever people publish any remarkable theorem they have discovered, he immediately announces, in papers which he distributes, that he discovered it first.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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