How to Use distributor in a Sentence

distributor

noun
  • The agency is also the creator and distributor of the postage stamp.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Rigby runs the offense and serves as an exceptional distributor.
    Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Core & Main: The water-product distributor is due to file earnings before the opening bell.
    Joe Wallace, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The address is listed as Joe Piper Inc., a distributor of odd lot paperboard.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The idea is to eliminate surprises for financiers, actors and distributors.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Unscripted shows and formats are an important part of our industry, and a core part of every television distributor’s programming mix.
    Ben Samek, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
  • For instance, the court could prohibit Google from purchasing default search engine status from so many distributors that competitors are foreclosed from the market.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • While the distributor doesn't set the retail price, it will likely be sold for $7 to $10 a glass, Hisle said.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
  • As the largest distributor, McKesson was much more than a small player.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • In the first half, Brogdon pushed the pace and was focused on being a distributor.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The Clippers wanted to make the three-time All-Star a bystander or, at worst, a distributor.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The ads are part of A-B’s overall make-good campaign with distributors.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 28 June 2023
  • Wall became the Clippers’ chief distributor again — this time, in passes to the Jazz.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The movie has sold worldwide but is still looking for a U.S. distributor.
    Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The raw ground beef was shipped to distributors in Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio in 10-pound plastic tubes.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2023
  • A lot of machines come with a plastic tamp, but few come with a proper distributor and tamp.
    Jaina Grey Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Last Showgirl does not yet have a distributor or release date.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2024
  • This led to the film release by distributor Abramorama.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Purdy has flourished as the distributor in five starts in which the 49ers have faced just one team that finished the season with a winning record.
    Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Earlier, the distributor had listed 30 movie theaters around Hong Kong where the film was set to be screened.
    Kamakshi Gupta, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Atkinson added that the brand has distributors lined up to expand in Canada and Europe next year.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 Sep. 2024
  • As in the 2011 case of a major Seattle-area fish distributor who was jailed over false labeling.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The power of two chain buyers to make or break a writer’s career has been replaced by the power of one distributor to do so.
    Cory Doctorow, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Either way, products will come from the producer and then go to a distributor.
    Ryan Malkin, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The front office could bring in a veteran guard on a cheaper deal as the team develops Evans as a distributor.
    James Kay, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • That a Russian distributor would jump at the chance to try to release The Apprentice is perhaps no surprise.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Part of the problem here is that Here, a very Americana type of movie, was made without a domestic distributor in place from the onset.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Carvers obtains the fresh fish from our Utah local fish distributor Fog River Seafood.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Newburyport, off to a 7-0 start, has a different type of distributor in net.
    Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Under the status quo, the money Spotify pays out on those songs remains with the distributor until the threshold for payment to the artists is reached.
    Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2023

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