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redistribute

[ree-di-strib-yoot] / ˌri dɪˈstrɪb jut /


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Changing the direction in which the toes point during walking can redistribute some of that pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

But an atmosphere would help redistribute heat from the day side to the night side.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Riding a populist wave to redistribute wealth, Tiberius Gracchus appealed to the democratic concilium plebis, cutting out the deliberative Senate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

For the projects to meaningfully lower bills or boost investment in clean energy, the government would have to introduce specific mechanisms to redistribute some of the revenues generated, Rutter explained.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Back in the 1980s, the original stated purpose of the mortgage-backed bond had been to redistribute the risk associated with home mortgage lending.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Another potential catalyst: SK Hynix redistributes 10% of its operating profit in employee bonuses—a practice Samsung is also beginning to adopt.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Squeezing redistributes this uncertainty by making one property more precise while increasing uncertainty in the other.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

The Kindness Offensive, a charity that redistributes donated goods to schools, food banks and community groups, was behind the gift drive.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

It collects and redistributes craft supplies for children, it gives out donated toys at Christmas, it opens up to offer a coffee and a chat and it helps mothers connect with each other.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

Its shape changes utterly as the weight redistributes.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Scientists believe these color differences are likely caused by sediment carried into the sea by rivers and redistributed by coastal currents.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

It said: "There is a risk that economic costs would be redistributed rather than reduced, with poorer access for local businesses and increased congestion, noise and delay on alternative routes."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

During the Progressive Era, when party machine politics dominated, judicial elections were put forward as a reform to promote democratic accountability because they broke up concentrations of power and redistributed it to the people.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

Petno helped put an end to its stand-alone mergers and acquisitions department and redistributed that team across the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Redemption shifted his stance, and Hibiscus’s hand slid into empty air as Redemption redistributed his weight, just a little but it said enough and it said it loudly.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

She has said Wildberries was "focused on redistributing" across its warehouses and "ensuring the financial stability of our partners."

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

I’m worried I may not be diversified enough and may fare better selling and redistributing into less risky index funds.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

Holocaust Memorial Museum describes the program as a coordinated effort to strip communities of cultural identity while redistributing art through state and black-market channels.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

Among older adults, simply redistributing TV time to other daily activities did not significantly change depression rates.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

Their spread was accomplished by collecting beetles from the original colonies and redistributing them at the rate of millions a year.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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