distributing

verb

present participle of distribute
1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type distribute the assignments according to seniority

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2
as in allotting
to give as a share or portion committed to distributing the school's limited scholarship money so that it benefits more students

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3
as in dispensing
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals distributed pamphlets on recycling to everyone in the neighborhood

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Recent Examples of distributing And now, there’s also a spread in how teams are distributing their games locally. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Netflix’s current approach to acquiring and distributing international programming has been so successful that Sarandos said the company has no plans to change its strategy. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026 In February 2024, a juvenile at the Cabarrus juvenile justice complex attacked an employee who was distributing hygiene supplies and took the employee’s keys, according to WSOC-TV. — Nora O’Neill 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 It is typically known for distributing re-releases, concert films and live events. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 On Wednesday, city officials were distributing water to residents through emergency tankers, while the charity organization Gift of the Givers supplied the community with bottled water. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Studio Canal is distributing internationally the project that is created and directed by Gabriele Muccino. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 The state began distributing the money in the 2023-24 school year and districts have up to three years to spend each allocation. — Chaewon Chung updated October 21, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distributing
  1. classifying
  2. allotting
  3. dispensing
  4. ranking
  5. assigning
  6. providing
  7. distinguishing
  8. allocating
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  • Operators fed Maven intelligence classifying the elementary school as an Iranian military facility, and the system, in turn, marked it as one of the priority targets for day one of the war.
    — Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The distinction matters because responding to a signal and accurately classifying an unfamiliar chemical mixture are separate tasks.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.
    — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Definition of allotting
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  • The dishwashing machine was not dispensing chlorine to at least 50 ppm.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Artist Caro Yanez is bridging that gap for Charlotte creators with a new micro-gallery dispensing local artwork instead of potato chips.
    — Chase Jordan October 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • When the Gators aren’t generating pressure, the back end of the defense collapses, ranking in the bottom third nationally in pass defense.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s pettiness and impetuousness has combined to literally put former high ranking American officials in physical danger.
    — Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranking
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  • Not just assigning routine work but actually delegating critical tasks.
    — Volen Vulkov, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The question of what constitutes an official announcement is resolved by the SEC declaring a company's S-1 effective, an IPO pricing or an exchange assigning a ticker to the stock.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Wyandotte County deputy fatally shot The shooting happened in the 2600 block of South 30th Street as law enforcement officers were providing protection for a woman moving out of a house, police said at the time.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The coach’s value is becoming less about providing expertise and more about helping clients exercise judgment when expertise is everywhere.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of providing
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  • The directory identifies each group's mission, ideology, organizational role and documented protest activity, distinguishing direct organizers and participants from supporters and amplifiers.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The pouches also closely resemble nicotine products, raising concerns among school officials about student health and the difficulty of distinguishing between the products.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinguishing
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  • Florida’s comparative-fault rules provide the framework for allocating fault when the evidence supports doing so.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • So to say that another way, plants are taking up all of this carbon from our atmosphere and then allocating about thirteen billion tons of that to networks every year.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
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