REDISTRIBUTED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

redistributed

verb

past tense of redistribute

as in distributed

to divide (something) among a group in a different way Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states. We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all.

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Recent Examples of redistributed Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. — Jack W. Hill, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2026 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 July 2026 However, after several months, the company redistributed her design team’s duties and laid off the team’s members. — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Perhaps that all could have been 15 minutes redistributed into non-SNL terrain. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026 How To Identify The Recalled Products The affected cheese products could be repackaged or relabeled as a different brand and redistributed in other states. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 June 2026 Instead, responsibilities were redistributed among those who remained. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 June 2026 Local television revenue would be more aggressively redistributed, while a higher percentage of income from home stadiums would remain with the teams. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026 But those odds have subsequently been redistributed, introducing more randomness than ever before (especially with 16 teams in the mix, instead of 14). — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 June 2026

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The funding comes from the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and is distributed to each borough’s arts councils, which act as regrant partners and dole out grants to individual artists annually as part of an open call.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Such direct observations can be detailed, but they are often limited to near-coastal regions and unevenly distributed, while many of the most important stages of hurricane development occur over the open ocean where direct observations are sparse.

— Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

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The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

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At the pool and beachside, reusable glass bottles are provided upon request in buckets of ice, free of charge.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Authorities are currently looking at around R$61 million ($12 million) in funds provided by Daniel Vorcaro, the owner of Brazil’s Banco Master, to finance the film.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

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In the United States, it is primarily allocated for off highway vehicles such as agricultural machinery and construction equipment.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Erdos, the Department of Interior official, said that cleanup funds are typically allocated after a collapse or incident occurs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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In July, Reeves shared a brief clip of test footage of the upcoming film, which included the first proper look at Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne in a new Batsuit as what appears to be snow falls around him.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Medical records shared with the AP by Ramsbottom and another officer show they were not diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries until Fort Hood.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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