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distribution

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




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It operates from a distribution hub in Plymouth, where about 80 volunteers and four paid staff help sort, organise and load tonnes of surplus food each week.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Quickly arranging back-up power is "extremely difficult", and the networks of distribution companies are also being targeted.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Drivers include expected stable margins and increase in exclusive distribution contracts for specialty pharmaceuticals in prescription pharmaceuticals wholesaling operations, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Environmental advocates were more cautious about criticizing the program, which they say provides critical funding to reduce pollution from ports, railyards and distribution centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Naturally, Miao-Yao speakers did not acquire their current fragmented distribution as a result of ancient helicopter flights that dropped them here and there over the Asian landscape.

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

The bank launched a share buyback program worth 500 million pounds, below the company-compiled consensus of 579 million pounds, bringing year-to-date distributions to 2.8 billion pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The grandly named Anthropic Public Benefit Fund “might explore” donations to existing nonprofits, or “direct distributions to specific populations,” the company says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Once they get wind of your required minimum distributions in your early 70s, they will come knocking again.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

That wouldn’t matter for retirees holding Treasurys inside a tax-deferred retirement account like an IRA, but any distributions would count as income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 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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