distributing

verb

present participle of distribute
1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type distribute the assignments according to seniority

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2
as in allotting
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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3
as in dispensing
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals distributed pamphlets on recycling to everyone in the neighborhood

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Recent Examples of distributing Indian regulators ordered Sun Pharmaceutical to stop manufacturing, selling and distributing ophthalmic products made at its Assam facility after finding failure in ​its quality management system, Reuters reported. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026 States and the National Guard already mostly handle the nuts and bolts of clearing debris, making rescues, distributing food and water and so on. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026 An Iraqi court sentenced two prominent politicians and the head of a state-run enterprise responsible for distributing oil products to prison sentences in a corruption case, officials announced Thursday. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 The headband does a great job at distributing weight across the top of the head, and while the earcups can get slightly warm in warmer weather, that's fairly common. — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026 Gilmar Divisione Industria SpA holds the design, manufacturing and distributing license to Iceberg. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 Koivunen has three points in his past five games and has been a positive influence, especially in distributing the puck. — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Producer The Guardian had been self-distributing the explosive Israel-Gaza doc, which will continue to add more cities throughout October and November. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2026 Netflix’s current approach to acquiring and distributing international programming has been so successful that Sarandos said the company has no plans to change its strategy. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distributing
  1. classifying
  2. allotting
  3. dispensing
  4. ranking
  5. assigning
  6. providing
  7. distinguishing
  8. allocating
Verb
  • The prosecution argued that the victims — who all belonged to the church and had since left — delayed reporting the incidents or classifying them as rape due to fear of retaliation for violating a Scientology rule against going to the police.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Operators fed Maven intelligence classifying the elementary school as an Iranian military facility, and the system, in turn, marked it as one of the priority targets for day one of the war.
    — Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of classifying
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  • Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.
    — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Definition of allotting
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  • Multiple bulk containers of sauces and dips in walk-in cooler nearest back loading area have unhandled utensils present in product for dispensing.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Artist Caro Yanez is bridging that gap for Charlotte creators with a new micro-gallery dispensing local artwork instead of potato chips.
    — Chase Jordan October 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispensing
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  • VisionHeight's report showed that in early October, at least one site did show up on Google's first page result, ranking higher than Ballotpedia.
    — Huo Jingnan, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Milwaukee's market-size ranking out of 30 MLB teams, defined by Nielsen as non-overlapping geographic regions that group counties based on television viewing areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranking
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  • Not just assigning routine work but actually delegating critical tasks.
    — Volen Vulkov, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The question of what constitutes an official announcement is resolved by the SEC declaring a company's S-1 effective, an IPO pricing or an exchange assigning a ticker to the stock.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of assigning
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  • It can also be used during short daytime naps, providing real-time acoustic guidance during sleep onset.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
  • With online servers providing the structure for a living and evolving universe where players fought, traded, and created empires from scratch, its limited visual presentation was no issue.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of providing
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  • Defense challenges claims of disruption Sabatini sought to undermine the university’s account by distinguishing between students feeling frightened and actual interruptions to academic activities.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The directory identifies each group's mission, ideology, organizational role and documented protest activity, distinguishing direct organizers and participants from supporters and amplifiers.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinguishing
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  • Sports organizations are understandably allocating substantial resources to AI infrastructure and applications … in large part to get at the data sets that sports fans generate.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The question relates to increasing property taxes for the purpose of allocating more money to the fire protection district.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of allocating

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