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distribution

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




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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

But Afram made “Fortitude” without a co-financier or a distribution partner who could guarantee it would play in theaters or be streamed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

However, today those languages are gone, and we already saw from Figure 19.1 that the Pygmies’ modern distribution is highly fragmented.

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

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 suit also asks the court to prevent the men from making distributions from the estate while the case moves forward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

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

The other three families have fragmented distributions, being spoken by “islands” of people surrounded by a “sea” of speakers of Chinese and other language families.

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


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