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distribution

[dis-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌdɪs trəˈbju ʃən /




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In this case, limb bones made it possible to identify a new species, infer aspects of its locomotion, investigate its phylogenetic relationships, and expand the known distribution of a rare group of Triassic reptiles.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Yet internal documents I obtained show that state administrators used it for that purpose via the distribution of training resources and materials to employees at participating schools.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Linear distribution sales were down 6.3% to $954 million, while revenue from both advertising and content licensing fell less than 1%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

And the current distribution rate is even higher, at 9.17%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

They had tumbled into their own symmetry, and it was certainly true that too even a distribution between the irises and the rosebay willow herb ruined the effect.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

An inherited IRA complicates the Roth solution during this period between retirement and required minimum distributions.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

If you don’t touch that money right away, you’ll eventually be forced to do so because of required minimum distributions.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

"Things like spatial distributions of the bones and their surfaces, down to elemental compositions and proteins trapped in ancient cells."

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

This technique transformed individual particle distributions into continuous energy, momentum, and velocity fields, allowing the team to examine the plasma as an evolving fluid.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

To get around the problems of fossil distributions, they posited ancient "land bridges" wherever they were needed.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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