distribute
verb (used with object)
to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
distributes
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present tense formof distribute (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Soccer takes a 20% cut, and then distributes all World Cup prize money equally among 52 players — 26 players on the roster of each team.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Roku is an attractive asset because its smart TV platform distributes streaming services to more than 100 million households.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
The stuntmen are presumably here because their parent company, Thrill Sports, also distributes Power Slap, Dana White’s passion project.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Netflix, Gabriel’s management team, and Universal Music Group, a label that distributes his music, don’t know who was behind the clipping campaign, according to people close to those groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
This suggested that phosphorus would be a better carrier of therapeutic radiation than radio-sodium, since the latter distributes itself all through the body as salt, attenuating its effect.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
