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Recent Examples of redistributed Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. — Jack W. Hill, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2026 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redistributed
  1. distributed
  2. divided
  3. provided
  4. allocated
  5. shared
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  • The affected products were distributed in Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Further, advanced electron microscopy and X-ray spectroscopy were used to confirm that the coatings were perfectly and uniformly distributed over the electrolyte powder surfaces.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Definition of distributed
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  • Overall, the picture by market remained sharply divided in June.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • Committee term limits have divided congressional Democrats, and attempts to impose them have come up short in previous years.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of divided
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  • Its terminals, including those at KFIP, have provided the world’s largest crude exporter with a vital alternative route while helping sustain global supplies and limiting the rise in oil prices.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • As exemplified by the renderings provided by TPS and Synapse, the new stage will allow the use of elaborate indoor settings without having to build sets and to film exteriors regardless of the weather.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 July 2026
Definition of provided
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  • The government allocated $10 million to develop the site into a tourist attraction.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The increase is consequential because the brands studied allocated more than 63 percent of their advertising budgets to search and social.
    — Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of allocated
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  • The actor attended the World Cup match between France and Spain at Dallas Stadium on Tuesday, July 14, where he was spotted greeting members of the famed cheer squad in a video shared on Instagram by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and the NFL.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Not a single body panel is shared with internal-combustion Cayennes, and near-zero components as well, aside from a shapely GT steering wheel.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
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