distribution
noun
an act or instance of distributing.
distributions
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pluralof distribution.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Modern computational methods now allow researchers to examine molecular structures and electron distributions in ways that were not possible when many textbook explanations were first developed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The years that matter are the ones after you stop working and before Social Security and required distributions increase your income.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
I’m going to assume, based on what is left in the account, that the owner had already begun taking required minimum distributions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Jersey Mike’s carries roughly $1.8 billion in net debt, some of it used to fund distributions to Blackstone pre-IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It turns out that those three other subfamilies have coincident distributions, all of them tiny compared with the distribution of Malayo-Polynesian.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
