distributions

plural of distribution
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as in allocations
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group aid workers oversaw the distribution of supplies to the flood victims

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Recent Examples of distributions To weaponize this advantage, the 30 clubs have withheld roughly $75 million each in central-fund distributions, amassing a $2 billion liquidity holdback. — Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026 This year, the treasurer expects distributions from September bills to begin landing in October. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 According to the filing, Kanin’s attorney agreed on April 18 and 20 to make distributions to replenish the account and requested deposit instructions. — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 The research team’s next release, LandScan Mosaic Timeseries (LSM-TS), will have annual population distributions spanning 50 years, from 1975 through 2024. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 Capital calls, distributions, valuation updates, subscription documents, liquidity gates, tax documents and reporting cycles create new handoffs across front office, operations, legal, compliance, tax, data and technology. — Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Existing mapping tools modify proteins as they are being generated, running the risk of changing their distributions. — Mike McRae 03, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 New investments were allegedly used to pay distributions and redemptions to earlier investors. — Jeff Quackenbush, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 What those reviews don't capture is the proportion of bookings that complete without incident, which, across platforms handling millions of reservations annually, is considerably higher than review distributions suggest. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distributions
Noun
  • Today, equity allocations among near-retirement, same-year TDFs range from as low as 20% to as high as 75%, according to Morningstar.
    — Stuart Robertson, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Other major Chinese ports have felt the swell of containers, with Dimerco noting that ocean carriers have cut allocations and skipped calls at Qingdao to clear typhoon backlogs at southern ports.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • There are a number of sequences in the film that really stand out.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The partnership effectively aims to shift some chip-design work from engineers manually operating individual software tools to agents capable of carrying out longer sequences of engineering tasks.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Asif said the alliance reflected a belief among its members that existing security arrangements had failed to protect Gulf countries as the conflict involving Iran spread across the region.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and China have been accused of entering quid pro quo arrangements to return dissidents sought by one another’s governments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Distributions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distributions. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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