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distribute

[dih-strib-yoot] / dɪˈstrɪb jut /




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The company has traditionally employed its own drivers to distribute its doughnuts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Musyoki believes the government should cap the number of pupils in each school and distribute teachers more evenly to allow the new system to flourish for all.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

If LA28 does make money, it would not be allowed to distribute its surplus funds to any other organization until after it has covered its financial obligations to the city, according to the tentative agreement.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

Trusts are designed to manage assets, distribute income, prevent beneficiaries from getting too much money at one time, and, in many cases, avoid probate and help plan for a beneficiary’s incapacity.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

It is not decipherable in the moment, but eventually it will offer a picture of what is happening inside the study subject’s brain as she’s asked to distribute her focus more widely.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The stuntmen are presumably here because their parent company, Thrill Sports, also distributes Power Slap, Dana White’s passion project.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the brokerage in years past had to plead with issuers to set aside stock for the company’s IPO Access program, which distributes allocated retail shares at random to interested customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

The city typically mails out more than 22,000 copies to residents and distributes about 2,000 copies at city facilities.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Unless the trust is set up to pass those gains through, the trust may still owe taxes on them, even if it distributes that $300,000 in regular income every year.

From MarketWatch May 23, 2026

This suggested that phosphorus would be a better carrier of therapeutic radiation than radio-sodium, since the latter distributes itself all through the body as salt, attenuating its effect.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Kazaryan planted his orchard in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union when farmland was distributed to private owners.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

The states also alleged that Paramount’s deal would harm workers because the company could reduce the number of movies it distributed as it would no longer face tough competition from Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Yet the devastation was not evenly distributed across the tree of life.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Kumi allegedly distributed the money to his associates in the US and in Ghana.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

The gifts to be distributed at the party were in the kitchen.

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

The Philadelphia-based Comcast would remain in its core business of distributing pay TV channels and wireless services.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

“And we were just distributing roles based on what we thought everyone’s strengths were. My role was supposed to be the CEO, since I did a lot of lab management.”

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

"Across popular neighbourhoods, organisations and local groups are distributing kits that include televisions and solar-powered inverter systems to help residents follow the tournament."

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

In addition, distributing money to Americans from any deals “would really take an act of Congress,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

Several months later saw the return of Francisco the Man, an ancient vagabond who was almost two hundred years old and who frequently passed through Macondo distributing songs that he composed himself.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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