How to Use distribute in a Sentence

distribute

verb

• As the volunteers distribute bags of food, Russian shelling can be heard hitting the city somewhere in the distance.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2023
• There’s more naloxone than ever thanks to federal and state policies, and groups like Blanchard’s that distribute it in their communities.
  — Geoff Mulvihill and Sharon Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
• The campus distributed voter registration cards to students, who will cast their ballots the same day as the nation's presidential election.
  — Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
• Local nonprofit groups often help distribute the money, which recipients receive as a credit on their energy bills.
  — Time, 20 Jan. 2023
• Yeah, having the money to produce the thing and try the thing and distribute the thing.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2024
• The key, Lemley says, is that the copies were not themselves distributed.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 27 May 2023
• Streaming has changed the way movies and TV shows are produced and distributed.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 May 2023
• The volunteers rushed over and distributed the 40 hams to the last group of people waiting in the parking lot.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2023
• The Pulitzer Prizes are distributed over lunch; the Academy Awards require a long evening.
  — David Oshinsky, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
• But this works in three minutes in the shower—just shake, distribute the liquid from mid-lengths to ends, wait (briefly), and rinse.
  — Allure, 26 Sep. 2024
• In a follow-up clip, husband-to-be Jeff was seen plowing a field where the seeds were then distributed.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• The pool of money was distributed based on creators’ shares of the platform’s overall views.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Within the first two weeks, more than $81 billion had been distributed to schools.
  — Raymond Pierce, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• The First State is unique for having one of the longest issuance windows in the United States, and payments are distributed for most of the month.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2023
• The height of the back panel is big enough to distribute weight but compact enough for active hiking and to avoid snagging.
  — Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
• But there’s only so much biomass waste available above ground, and it’s distributed across the planet.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
• What still isn’t known Deciding where to distribute drone stations across an area is the next step.
  — Nicole Adams, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2024
• After the house is sold, the net proceeds will be sent to the court to be distributed to the three of you, when the three of you reach an agreement on how to divide the sale proceeds.
  — Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2024
• All three films were distributed in Tamil Nadu by Red Giant.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
• The Post distributed it online and as an eight-page supplement with the Sept. 19 print paper.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• The posters are available for free online in more than 30 languages, and anyone can print them out and distribute them.
  — Mansee Khurana, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
• The two hope to distribute 400 boxes containing hives in the coming year.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
• One recent analysis found that distributing R21 saves a year of a child’s life for about $39.
  — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 6 July 2024
• The dollar amount to be distributed and the impact are uncertain.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
• The MOFs could distribute treatments more evenly throughout the body compared to a needle, and doctors could time the release of the medicines.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
• Food stamps are distributed to New Mexico residents starting on the first of the month and ending on the 20th.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2023
• Newly flush, the pair appeared keen to distribute the funds quickly, emails show.
  — Hugo Miller, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
• Today, there’s a lot of ways to make music, to distribute music, to get out of your comfort zone to reach more people.
  — Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024
• Segovia also allegedly agreed to distribute the drugs in the United States.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
• For over 70 years, the company has produced and distributed frozen fries and other potato products to restaurants, food service distributors and retailers.
  — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024