distribution
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This patchwork distribution was consistent with scans taken while the patient was alive, which had already indicated that amyloid removal varied considerably across different parts of his brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
World football's governing body wants to release the money from its reserves in a move which would more than double the level of planned distribution funding for 2027-2030.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The disruption was due to delays in distribution after a tanker had trouble discharging its cargo, Simon Aloysius Mantiri, president director of state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina, said Tuesday along with an apology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Q: Can you help me understand the difference between the 30-day SEC yield and the trailing 12-month distribution yield?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Gey was relieved that companies had taken over HeLa distribution so that he didn’t have to do it himself, but he didn’t like the fact that HeLa was now completely out of his control.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Stanford University endowment chief Robert Wallace wrote that distributions to the school’s operating budget had more than doubled over the last decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
On top of that, if the original owner had started taking the required minimum distributions, the IRS also requires annual distributions in years one through nine, not just a single withdrawal in year 10.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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
The significance of that botanical wealth for humans is illustrated by the geographer Mark Blunder's studies of wild grass distributions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Human Geography - High School
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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