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
The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
One of the most memorable moments of the Eras Tour took place in Brazil, when Swift stopped the show to ask for water to be distributed to her audience in the sweltering heat.
—William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
They are easily distributed digitally across networks, at a low or negligible cost.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant is distributed by Lionsgate, meaning the movie will eventually stream on STARZ.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
One of the most memorable moments of the Eras Tour took place in Brazil, when Swift stopped the show to ask for water to be distributed to her audience in the sweltering heat.
—William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
They are easily distributed digitally across networks, at a low or negligible cost.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant is distributed by Lionsgate, meaning the movie will eventually stream on STARZ.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Food and Drug Administration has classified a recall of eggs sold at Costco caused by potential salmonella contamination as the highest risk level for infection.James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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The proposition reclassifies shoplifting and other non-violent crimes as felonies, rolling back part of a 2014 law that classified these offenses, including theft under $950, as misdemeanors.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Still, the company’s $820,000 allotted last year to protect top executives is a fraction of what other tech giants spent for CEO security.Adam Geller, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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Still, the $820,000 the company allotted last year to protect top executives is a fraction of what other tech giants spent for CEO security.Adam Geller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Firstly, the squad has had a long overdue gutting, with older players and players with little resale value dispensed with.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Fears fed by decades of sectarian propaganda won’t dissipate all at once, but the new government can help assuage them by holding rebel groups accountable and ensuring that justice is dispensed by lawmakers rather than by armed groups with scores to settle.Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Transgender athletes assigned female at birth who transitioned to male are permitted to compete on men's teams.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Each child was assigned a part of a flowerbed and chose what to do with it.Alon Avital, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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The payment will be direct deposited into the bank account provided on the eligible person's 2023 tax return or mailed to the address of record.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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The man took off his cloak and made a blanket of it, but the cloak was thin and threadbare and provided little warmth.Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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One Botto token equates to one voting point, and returns are pro-rated — and are allocated regardless of which image an individual voted on.Lucy Handley, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Nevertheless, these price charts are worth examining for any investor with funds allocated by sector.John Navin, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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This project will be administered by the the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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In addition to pesticides from their diet, industrial cow’s milk also contains significant traces of hormones (administered to boost their daily milk production from 14 to 40 liters per day).Marie Bladt, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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The immigration office was distinguished by a gigantic portrait of William Howard Taft, who was President of the United States at the time the play begins in 1909.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
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There, two planets that are estimated to be around 5 million years old, PDS 70b and PDS 70c, can be distinguished in their envelopes.Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Distributed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distributed. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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