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distribution

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




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“That doesn’t mean for a second that we don’t believe in the category, that we have any plans to cede distribution, or that we’re going to stop innovating. I would say just the opposite.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“However, this acquisition is expected to be a small drag to distribution growth in FY28 and likely FY29,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The publishers claim they notified Dean's record label of the potential infringement in August, but the music was not pulled from distribution.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

But under a new distribution of powers, the next state superintendent will lose control over the education department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

When a company puts out its earnings, one of the first things it does is hand it to the wires—Reuters, Dow Jones, and Bloomberg—for distribution.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Those younger than 59½ also could face a 10% tax on early distributions unless an exception applies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“The findings provide additional evidence supporting the role of a 6-8 hours’ sleep duration as a health safeguard for middle-aged and older adults, likely attributable to more favorable distributions of sleep stages,” the authors say.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

The lawsuit focused on the merger’s effects on theater and cable distributions, but both are shrinking businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Under the tax rules at the time, each grandchild would have been able to stretch distributions over their lifetime, giving them the ability to compound decades of tax-deferred growth.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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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