1
as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type
distribute the assignments according to seniority
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2
as in allotted
to give as a share or portion
committed to distributing the school's limited scholarship money so that it benefits more students
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as in dispensed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
distributed pamphlets on recycling to everyone in the neighborhood
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Recent Examples of distributed
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with the Kursk region governor in Moscow.
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Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The then-19-year-old musician distributed a bunch of her demo CDs around the venue as well as White's tour bus.
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Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
The implications will not be evenly distributed, nor will the successes in responding to this new reality.
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Rachel Proffitt,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
In Mainland China, the film will be distributed by Maoyan Entertainment.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 June 2026
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Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The then-19-year-old musician distributed a bunch of her demo CDs around the venue as well as White's tour bus.
—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
The implications will not be evenly distributed, nor will the successes in responding to this new reality.
—
Rachel Proffitt,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
In Mainland China, the film will be distributed by Maoyan Entertainment.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distributed
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Even in Caracas, where only five buildings collapsed, Rodríguez said at least 30 additional structures have already been classified as unsafe.
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Royalties and license fees are classified as ordinary income under the tax code, taxed at the same rates as wages, not the preferential long-term capital gains rates that apply to appreciated assets held over a year.
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In declining the option, the Hawks now have access to all of the $15 million allotted to their nontaxpayer midlevel exception.
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This thing is seriously massive, featuring way too many goodies to list in the space allotted here.
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Prosecutors say Hammond, who was a pharmacist at Central Pharmacy in Lansing from 2020 to 2024, dispensed and billed a substantial number of female condoms that the pharmacy never received from a wholesaler.
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One groom just had to have a fountain that dispensed ranch dressing.
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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
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Sherman’s March, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, was ranked as one of the highest-grossing documentary films of all time until the mid-1990s.
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Zoe McCurnin, a lead animal control officer, was assigned to the case.
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For the employees assigned to institutions slated for closure, the uncertainty surrounding transfers, relocations, or the loss of local employment only adds to those challenges.
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Before the World Cup, Dioz provided employee uniforms for events including Super Bowl LIX and Copa America, which may have given it a leg up on the FIFA contact.
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Now in its 18th year, The Zac Foundation has provided free water safety camps to more than 25,000 kids in at-risk communities.
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In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.
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The same pattern shows up in founders rarely grouped together.
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Nearly 40% of the IP addresses allocated to Cogent appeared on publicly available blacklists of potential abuse, according to Scamalytics data.
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On Monday, DeSantis vetoed $15 million allocated for security grants for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Miami, the total amount of funding for Catholic school security previously approved by the Florida Legislature earlier this month.
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“Distributed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distributed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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