Thesaurus results for REDISTRIBUTION

redistribution

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as in reallocation

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Recent Examples of redistribution To address those flaws, a chorus of economists outside China — and some within the country — argue for a redistribution of national wealth from state enterprises to households in order to boost domestic consumption, just as Zhu once prescribed. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Two of his landmark papers, published in 2025 and 2026 in Science, point to a radical redistribution of the cells that make up the body as mammals age, and describe some of the epigenomic instructions that guide this process. — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026 To achieve that shift will require a fundamental redistribution of power and resources. — Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026 This redistribution is now beginning to fracture European policy on Russia itself. — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The Flyers’ offer sheet means a redistribution of cap dollars has arrived. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 6 July 2026 Raising the cap without raising earned benefits severs the link between tax contributions and benefits, and would make Social Security just another tax-and-spend redistribution program. — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 Many of its candidates support entirely eliminating immigration enforcement, abolishing the police, sweeping wealth redistribution and expanding government ownership over significant sectors of the economy. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026 The larger issue business leaders may want addressed is whether Mamdani has an economic growth agenda to match his redistribution one. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 June 2026

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Opponents seek a reallocation of revenue Opponents of the referendum hope to persuade IPEC to allocate more referendum funding for IPS in order to reduce the need for further budget cuts.

— Aleksandra Appleton, IndyStar, 31 Aug. 2026
The piece argues that all prices are inherently transitory; falling costs in one area often lead to rising prices elsewhere due to wealth reallocation and new innovations.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of reallocation

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Together, the grants paid for 34 refrigeration devices, six food distribution vehicles, a dozen pallet jacks or forklifts, plus shelving and storage materials and hand trucks.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Compared to a typical 200,000-square foot warehouse or distribution center with 80 dock doors and two turns per day, a data center, once built, has a fraction of the truck traffic.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

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After the 2030 census and the reapportionment, those states will lose population, Electoral College votes, to the benefit of Texas and other Sunbelt states.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
But reapportionment will change the electoral math for both parties.

— Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of reapportionment

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Cross-border logistics, customs, VAT, inventory allocation, employment requirements and different retail calendars all add complexity.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Better circuit throughput also means that Nighthawk can run more workloads within the same allocation, a major win for researchers.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of allocation

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But while the danger was unambiguous, the apportionment of responsibility was not.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Even if sufficient water were released from Lake Powell to Lake Mead to cover the Lower Basin’s and Mexico’s apportionments, Lake Mead would continue to decline because of evaporation.

— Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

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