- past tense form of distribute.
- past participle of distribute.
distributed
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Thousands of sandbags have been distributed to residents and shop-owners in flood-prone areas.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
Normally, carmakers can easily trace where potentially problematic parts originated and how they were imported, but with the substandard air-bag parts, there are no records of who sent them to the U.S. and distributed them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
The Hill already produces a free ad-supported streaming channel distributed on such platforms as Roku.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
Across BBC News, the BBC World Service and content distributed by BBC Studios, the BBC saw its international audience grow to 502 million people - up 11% year-on-year.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
As with other human learning potentials, there is a wide range of music aptitude levels distributed among the human population.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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