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Recent Examples of redistribution
Leo’s homily called for peace and equitable redistribution of resources, signaling his pontificate can now advance his own agenda after months consumed by the celebration.
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Unlike the ballooning federal Indigenous budgets of the past decade, which were approved by a majority in the Canadian Parliament, the matter of land redistribution has been left to the courts.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
Once this accelerated redistribution plateaus during menopause, reversal becomes much harder, though not impossible.
—Anna Barton Bradley, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
Emphasizing personal behavior allowed public health agencies to promote action without confronting powerful economic interests or demanding large-scale economic redistribution.
—Time, 19 Dec. 2025
Yet in Poland, where the right-wing Law and Justice party governed for most of the past decade, the party and its allies gained much of their electoral support by adopting policies of economic redistribution that helped poorer Poles, particularly those in rural areas.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
What could be more fun than some abracadabra and cathartic wealth redistribution?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Policies that allow redistribution are going to be needed.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Yet Mamdani proposes to turn Gotham into a laboratory for radical economic redistribution and left-wing social engineering.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Unlike the ballooning federal Indigenous budgets of the past decade, which were approved by a majority in the Canadian Parliament, the matter of land redistribution has been left to the courts.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
Once this accelerated redistribution plateaus during menopause, reversal becomes much harder, though not impossible.
—Anna Barton Bradley, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
Emphasizing personal behavior allowed public health agencies to promote action without confronting powerful economic interests or demanding large-scale economic redistribution.
—Time, 19 Dec. 2025
Yet in Poland, where the right-wing Law and Justice party governed for most of the past decade, the party and its allies gained much of their electoral support by adopting policies of economic redistribution that helped poorer Poles, particularly those in rural areas.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
What could be more fun than some abracadabra and cathartic wealth redistribution?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Policies that allow redistribution are going to be needed.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Yet Mamdani proposes to turn Gotham into a laboratory for radical economic redistribution and left-wing social engineering.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redistribution
Noun
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The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office opposes the funding reallocation, stating the jail's cameras are outdated and crucial for security.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Yet the best evidence so far points to task reallocation more than a jobs wipeout, which raises the premium on supervision, feedback, and real training.—
Jennifer Moss,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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An El Dorado County criminal grand jury indicted three people arrested in a regional enforcement operation in September to curtail drug trafficking and distribution, including the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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There’s been zero distribution interest so far, even though the film screened at the Hamburg Film Festival.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Indiana’s nine congressional districts were established by reapportionment, or the redistribution of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on population changes, Vaughn said.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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But if population trends continue, Republican states stand to gain at least 10 House seats in the 2030 reapportionment.—
The Wall Street Journal,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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After the Herald began reporting on the A3 Foundation, Levine Cava called for an audit of the charity, and Miami-Dade commissioners voted to divert a yearly A3 Foundation allocation in a county contract to Miami-Dade’s Parks Foundation instead.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The commission did not establish specific cost allocation or rate designs for data centers and other large energy users, leaving those to be considered in general rate cases to come.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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And that became a critical point of failure for law enforcement chiefs looking to make the early apportionment of blame.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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But the idea, which specifically ruled out using data for apportionment and required the count to be taken in years ending in five, never got funded.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Redistribution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redistribution. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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