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redistribute

[ree-di-strib-yoot] / ˌri dɪˈstrɪb jut /


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"The impact was violent enough to redistribute material globally, but not so strong that it would have shattered the moon."

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

They also import goods from other countries and redistribute them within Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

For the projects to meaningfully lower bills or boost investment in clean energy, the government would have to introduce specific mechanisms to redistribute some of the revenues generated, Rutter explained.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

In a speech which outlined his broader vision, he pledged to redistribute power across the UK in an effort to "drive good growth in every postcode".

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

The waiter had come to take away the dishes and redistribute menus.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Another potential catalyst: SK Hynix redistributes 10% of its operating profit in employee bonuses—a practice Samsung is also beginning to adopt.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Squeezing redistributes this uncertainty by making one property more precise while increasing uncertainty in the other.

From Science Daily May 1, 2026

The food for the larder is donated by the charity FareShare, which redistributes surplus food and diverts it away from landfill.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

“There is complexity here. And this is because each time you have an earthquake, it redistributes the stress on the fault, which is going to influence the next earthquake,” Avouac said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2025

Its shape changes utterly as the weight redistributes.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

The rebate is paid for by a levy on all energy users that is collected and redistributed via bills.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Using rapid X-ray flashes produced at the European XFEL, the researchers followed changes at specific atoms as the molecule released and redistributed the absorbed energy.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

During the Progressive Era, when party machine politics dominated, judicial elections were put forward as a reform to promote democratic accountability because they broke up concentrations of power and redistributed it to the people.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Petno helped put an end to its stand-alone mergers and acquisitions department and redistributed that team across the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

I had written that Kwang took no profits and made no interest, that he just redistributed funds at the end of every week, like any ggeh.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

She has said Wildberries was "focused on redistributing" across its warehouses and "ensuring the financial stability of our partners."

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

I’m worried I may not be diversified enough and may fare better selling and redistributing into less risky index funds.

From MarketWatch May 22, 2026

Holocaust Memorial Museum describes the program as a coordinated effort to strip communities of cultural identity while redistributing art through state and black-market channels.

From Salon May 9, 2026

He said it was about redistributing food, so that every evening the food that is about to go out of date is taken and given out to people in the city who most need it.

From BBC May 6, 2026

Make the masses happy by redistributing much of the tribute received, in popular ways.

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




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