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distributes

VERB

allocate, deliver, spread

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administer allot apportion assign circulate disburse dispense disseminate donate give give away hand out issue present scatter share

STRONG

appropriate bestow consign convey deal diffuse disperse dispose divide endow parcel partition prorate radiate ration sow strew

WEAK

cut up deal out dish out divvy up dole out fork out lot out measure out mete pass out pay out shell out slice up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect conceal gather hold keep receive refrain retain take withhold

STRONG

attach combine disarrange join maintain refuse unite

WEAK

hoard preserve store

VERB

classify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange file order

STRONG

assort categorize class group

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disarrange disorder disorganize mix up

WEAK

collect gather hoard hold keep maintain preserve store

Example Sentences

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Each federation for the 48 teams taking part in the World Cup typically receives and distributes 9% of stadium capacity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Around 50,500 workers had been set to walk off production lines as anger flared over how the company distributes its massive profits.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

When a local bakery near the square opens up, the owner distributes stale bread among the crowd.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The Dublin, Ohio, company—which distributes pharmaceutical and medical supplies and provides healthcare services and solutions—now expects adjusted earnings of $10.70 to $10.80 a share for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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