- present participle of distribute.
distributing
Example Sentences
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“He’s not the JV kid who got pulled up to varsity. He’s the starter. He’s done a good job distributing the ball.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The United Nations launched a "loss and damage" fund in 2025 to aid the impacts of climate change, though it has not yet begun distributing its limited cash.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
In 2012, a Chinese company began distributing Limbach’s engines and then bought the German company outright in 2017, making it easier for Iran to import the engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Muck-spreading is the process of distributing animal manure across farmland as a natural fertiliser and typically takes place twice a year, in spring and late summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
All of the other Zanmi Lasante projects in the villages around Cange had been interrupted—its programs for women’s literacy, for vaccinating children, for sanitation and clean water, for distributing condoms and other AIDS-prevention measures.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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