distribution
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Goss pointed out much of the wage growth in the U.S. since 1983 had been concentrated among the small number of people at the top of the income distribution and therefore escaped the tax.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
The government has also privatised electricity distribution, but distribution companies have struggled to invest in infrastructure, including local transformers and metering systems, partly because of low profit margins.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Although corrosion and contamination had affected the coin, they could not adequately account for the depth, shape, and distribution of its unusual distortions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Parkes had started Clockwork, a newly formed distribution arm of Warner Bros., and he and his marketing head, Spencer Collantes, wanted to restore and rerelease the film in its original form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
“Yes, but let me get on with my distribution, won’t you? There’s a good fellow.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Such broad distributions are not particularly unusual in tropical ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
These overlapping distributions raise an important evolutionary question.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Under current law, people now in their early 60s generally won’t have to begin required minimum distributions until age 75. But ‘not required’ doesn’t mean ‘not advisable,’ ” Sachs said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
This could then drive another strong year for shareholder distributions, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Their path to advancement might look less like a straight line and more like some of the pressure distributions and orbits they plotted, but they were determined to take a seat at the table.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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