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distribute

[dih-strib-yoot] / dɪˈstrɪb jut /




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That may include user-run blogs that could be used to spread computer viruses, spam people or distribute malicious content.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Its $9.5 million “power and energy” proposal promised cutting-edge research on how to distribute the limited power on board a ship between multiple energy-intense systems, like radars, lasers and rail guns.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

There was a shared media pool working together to distribute the best video and images.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

However, those recommendations do not require people to distribute their activity evenly across the seven days.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

“A polar bear’s wide paws distribute its weight as it walks.”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Rende's company in North Jackson, Ohio, makes and distributes aluminum building products used in fixtures like fences.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

But he is also outstanding with the ball because he distributes it quickly and always chooses the right route.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Monday’s decision suspends—for now—the television press pool, which distributes video footage and reporting about the president to TV networks and other broadcast outlets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Instead, the beneficiaries typically work directly with the IRA custodian, which transfers their respective shares into inherited IRAs or otherwise distributes the assets according to the applicable rules.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

As Hobbes remarked of his friend, ‘Roberval has this peculiarity: whenever people publish any remarkable theorem they have discovered, he immediately announces, in papers which he distributes, that he discovered it first.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Assets exceeding the exemption are taxed at 40% before the estate is distributed to heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Investigators said at the time that more than 25 songs had been played or distributed online without permission from Eminem or the group that owns his music, Capitol Labels Group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I was able to replenish the funds distributed from my retirement plan on a pretax basis, in addition to making my regular contributions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The discovery raises new questions about how heat is distributed inside Earth and how tectonic plates behave as they descend.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

To prove her point that she considered the trial a miscarriage of justice, Anthony had three thousand copies of the court transcript printed and distributed across the country to politicians, libraries, and suffrage groups.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

It added that it may explore donating to nonprofits or directly distributing funds to “specific populations.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

On Friday, photographs were released of the Pope celebrating Mass and distributing communion in hospital for staff.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Batteries near population centers relieve congestion on the grid during high demand by distributing power directly to the surrounding area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“He’s not the JV kid who got pulled up to varsity. He’s the starter. He’s done a good job distributing the ball.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

For a month he had worked on these papers, scribbling them during working hours, typing and making carbons on the typewriter at the New York Café, distributing them by hand.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers


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