How to Use distributed in a Sentence

distributed

adjective
  • Today, work is faster, more distributed and far more emotionally demanding.
    Candy Fernandez, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Flights are flexible for distributed and remote teams and can be completed asynchronously.
    Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The same rigor needs to be applied to training that is tailored to the distinct skills needed to thrive in a remote setting or manage distributed teams.
    Justin Harlan, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Raising children isn’t a closed system contained within a single household, but something more distributed and shared.
    Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • These privileges are not equally available, distributed or even encouraged.
    Alyson Stoner, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • To Tracey, the promise of these bioelectronic devices is in distributed and low-cost care for chronic conditions.
    Katie Palmer, STAT, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Your story must be structured, distributed and verifiable.
    Kevin Curran, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This approach is part of a wider move in naval strategy toward more distributed and autonomous operations.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
  • In effect, Los Angeles itself becomes a distributed Olympic park.
    New Atlas, 9 June 2026
  • SpaceX envisions linking the satellites by laser, giving them the power to process information as a single distributed brain.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Some 85 percent felt like decision-making processes has become more distributed.
    Daniel Newman, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The concept is sometimes associated with the idea of Web3, which is based on the goal of a more distributed and democratic internet.
    Suman Bhattacharyya, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • These experiences forged his belief in distributed leadership.
    Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The accurate parts—distributed sensing, rapid adaptation, and resilience—are genuinely useful.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • In our increasingly global and distributed world, the metaverse will also enable creators to connect and interact with more diverse audiences.
    Falon Fatemi, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Projects like Helium show how DePINs can build robust, distributed networks.
    Daniel Keller, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But maybe understanding this kind of distributed, collective behavior can provide some options beyond a violent response to peaceful protest.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 31 July 2020
  • In distributed work, psychological safety is not optional.
    Matthew C. Meade, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than racing toward ever-larger processors, the next five years will reward architectures that link smaller quantum nodes into secure, distributed systems.
    Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • With distributed generation, power sometimes flows in the opposite direction.
    IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Microsoft’s Fairwater data centers address this by functioning as a single, distributed system.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Levy wrote a book about the way affective computing and other forms of biometric surveillance have been deployed in the trucking industry—a field that, due to its mobile and distributed workforce, was long immune to surveillance.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
  • Mobile offshore launch systems potentially offer a more distributed and difficult-to-target alternative.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
  • Remote builds human resources technology for distributed teams, offering employer-of-record services and payroll solutions for global workforces.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But in today’s hyper-distributed digital economy, that becomes a liability.
    Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Inference workloads are deployed across many distributed sites, closer to users, optimized for continuous, latency-sensitive serving.
    Phillip Marangella, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • As workplaces become more distributed, companies will need to invest in tools for signing and managing legal documents electronically, moving away from in-person signatures.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Jiang says the researchers are now looking at developing sensor-rich robotic swarms capable of distributed detection, decision-making, and collective behavior.
    IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In a post-lockdown business environment, hybrid work — accommodating on-site, remote and distributed teams — is the defacto workplace arrangement for many companies.
    Yec, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Taken together, the data and my own experience suggest that compliant global infrastructure, paired with local leadership, is what can most help distributed teams feel more understood and connected.
    Jack Thorogood, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

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