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 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 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 Instead, responsibilities were redistributed among those who remained. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 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Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 June 2026 Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. — Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redistributed
  1. distributed
  2. divided
  3. provided
  4. allocated
  5. shared
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  • Authorities say electrical service in La Guaira has recovered to roughly 90%, while more than 5 million liters of water have been distributed across affected areas.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • After attorneys are paid, the remaining funds will be distributed to impacted customers.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of distributed
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  • While Walmart isn’t an official sponsor of the World Cup, either, taking advantage of the social media chatter helps the company glom onto the tournament without paying FIFA for the privilege – especially when attention spans are divided.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Although the numbers on the chassis were divided into various unrelated intervals, the transmissions appeared to be numbered sequentially, as were the tank guns, heaters, road wheels and turret engines.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
Definition of divided
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  • Before the World Cup, Dioz provided employee uniforms for events including Super Bowl LIX and Copa America, which may have given it a leg up on the FIFA contact.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Now in its 18th year, The Zac Foundation has provided free water safety camps to more than 25,000 kids in at-risk communities.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of provided
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  • Global availability is 232 bottles, with 21 allocated to the United States, each with a price tag of $6,530.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • In his final state budget as governor, Gavin Newsom allocated $135 million to provide incentives for new and used EVs.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of allocated
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  • Eventually, it was converted into a full-time residence shared by Love and his wife, Jacqueline Piesen.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Also at a pizzeria, a fan shared a photo on X that appears to show Sabrina Carpenter at Emmett's on Grove in New York City.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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