- present tense form of distribute (3rd person singular).
distributes
Example Sentences
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But he is also outstanding with the ball because he distributes it quickly and always chooses the right route.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Marafatsos’ personal website features a photo of a basket of root vegetables and identifies him as the co-founder of a company that distributes local food products to restaurants in the Washington, D.C., region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A special-needs trust or spendthrift trust distributes funds based on need.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
It stores and distributes eagle remains, parts and feathers to federally recognized tribes for religious, cultural and ceremonial purposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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
