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distribution

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




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A less visible part of home-building is also becoming more costly: the distribution, storage and transportation of materials and tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Emissions occur at every stage, from extracting gas held underground, to processing, transmission and distribution.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

To do the latter, you need sales power and distribution infrastructure, contacts in large hospital systems and insurers, and cash to spend.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Gathered on the rooftop of “Wicker” distribution company Black Bear’s Santa Monica office, the two speak in matching leveled and frank tones, seemingly oblivious to the traffic and sirens buzzing below us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

We had strategically planned our flyer distribution to not only avoid teachers and staff, but also to avoid Selena.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

It is conceivable that the equity markets overreacted to the warrant distributions on Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Your required minimum distributions will depend on each spouse’s age and account balance.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

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 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

Those and other draconian measures must have contributed to the spread of North China’s Sino-Tibetan languages over most of China, and to reducing the Miao-Yao and other language families to their present fragmented distributions.

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


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