as in dividing
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 redistributing
If the answer is a name, the company is redistributing real power.
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Caroline Fairchild, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The study suggests those giant sloshing motions may help regulate how the cluster cools over time by redistributing heat through the intracluster gas, alongside energy injected by the active supermassive black hole at the center of IC 1101, which is one of the most massive known to date.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 May 2026
The former official estimated that the state has seized around $60 billion in assets from private businessmen over the past three years, either outright nationalizing their property or redistributing it to cronies.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 May 2026
The federal government already operates systems for redistributing or selling surplus property.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
The goal should be upward mobility, not redistributing outcomes.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Just dialing up the rate of dark matter–baryon interactions reshapes the halo from the inside out, redistributing mass in the galaxy’s core in under a billion years.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
What this means for the wider economy The AI and data center boom is redistributing capital, supplier attention and pricing power across the broader economy.
—Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Interventions that support health — like sleep, diet, exercise, and meditation — are ways of increasing and redistributing energy within the body.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Caroline Fairchild, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The study suggests those giant sloshing motions may help regulate how the cluster cools over time by redistributing heat through the intracluster gas, alongside energy injected by the active supermassive black hole at the center of IC 1101, which is one of the most massive known to date.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 May 2026
The former official estimated that the state has seized around $60 billion in assets from private businessmen over the past three years, either outright nationalizing their property or redistributing it to cronies.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 May 2026
The federal government already operates systems for redistributing or selling surplus property.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
The goal should be upward mobility, not redistributing outcomes.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Just dialing up the rate of dark matter–baryon interactions reshapes the halo from the inside out, redistributing mass in the galaxy’s core in under a billion years.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
What this means for the wider economy The AI and data center boom is redistributing capital, supplier attention and pricing power across the broader economy.
—Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Interventions that support health — like sleep, diet, exercise, and meditation — are ways of increasing and redistributing energy within the body.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redistributing
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Their proof involved dividing the area into polygons instead of triangles, defining a network of points and lines from those polygons and then determining the best way to color the points of that network.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 June 2026
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After initially dividing last month on whether to continue contracts that include two senior services providers that had engaged in disputes with the county, the OC Board of Supervisors agreed this week to extend the funding.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
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The service has allowed some community building to develop, from distributing food or participating in World Cup collectible sticker books.—
Amna Subhan for the AJC,
AJC.com,
11 June 2026
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But before taking the field at PNC Park against the Dodgers Tuesday night, some of the team spent the afternoon at Pittsburgh Arsenal in Lawrenceville, meeting students and staff and distributing boxes of food.—
Josh Taylor,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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In 2001, food-freedom advocates, including Stewart, successfully petitioned the county to weaken regulations, providing McAfee access to a new pool of customers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Fort Worth police officers and firefighters arrived on scene and began providing medical aid to a man who had suffered a gunshot wound.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 June 2026
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Not simply generating intelligence—but allocating cognition economically across workflows, systems and digital workers.—
Srini Attili,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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While officials in some states have decided against allocating resources to Freedom 250's Great American State Fair, a slew of others are planning elaborate exhibits for the the festival tied to the nation's 250th birthday.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Based on the bestselling novel by Bart Baker, Honeymoon with Harry follows a rough-around-the-edges man (Gyllenhaal) who ends up sharing an unwanted journey with his fiancée’s prickly, overprotective father (Costner) after a life-altering turn upends their plans.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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Yadav-Sundar ran through, sharing seven wickets, with both set batters departing before the tea break.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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“Redistributing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redistributing. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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