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distribution

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




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In 2020, North Korea made possessing foreign media a crime punishable by years-long forced labour terms –- and potential death sentences for large-scale distribution, according to Amnesty International.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Human and mouse metabolism can differ substantially, as can the distribution of fat tissue and responses to medications.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Baader prices in around 26 billion euros of cumulative distribution from 2026 through 2029, above the French bank’s own projection of 21 billion euros.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

A sandbag distribution site at a parking lot located at 5400 E. Ocean Blvd. will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning Friday and lasting through the weather event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

In addition to collaborating on the company’s games, he masterminded all of their early marketing campaigns and shareware distribution schemes, with astounding results.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

“The findings provide additional evidence supporting the role of a 6-8 hours’ sleep duration as a health safeguard for middle-aged and older adults, likely attributable to more favorable distributions of sleep stages,” the authors say.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Not to mention that Roth IRAs are not subject to required minimum distributions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The lawsuit focused on the merger’s effects on theater and cable distributions, but both are shrinking businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Modern computational methods now allow researchers to examine molecular structures and electron distributions in ways that were not possible when many textbook explanations were first developed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Details of Austronesian and Papuan languages and their distributions in North New Guinea testify to long contact between the Austronesian invaders and the Papuan-speaking residents.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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