- present participle of distribute.
distributing
Example Sentences
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The music group also said it notified the defendants on Aug. 17 of “the material musical similarities” but that the defendants “continued reproducing, distributing, licensing, publicly performing and commercially exploiting” Dean’s “I’ve Seen It.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
While food banks are under pressure a Trussell Trust report found that they had been distributing fewer parcels in 2025 than the peak seen in 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The FDA warned the company four times in 2025 to stop marketing and distributing its device prior to authorization, and then pointed out that it hadn’t complied with those requests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
An executor has a fiduciary responsibility to transparently and honestly deal with all aspects of the deceased’s estate, including paying creditors and taxes and distributing assets to heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Two nights ago after dark, a group of young men had run through Santiago, distributing leaflets under doors, urging an uprising.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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