distribute
verb (used with object)
to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
have been distributing
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present perfect progressiveof distribute.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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City employees have been distributing sandbags to residents to help protect their property from flooding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Consequently, investors are favoring firms that have been distributing capital—not just racking up paper gains, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
There are concerns over the water supply at Londonderry's biggest hospital with one patient saying staff have been distributing bottled water in wards.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Discussions are ongoing and the insurers that have been called upon to help would also like to get banks that have been distributing Eurovita's products involved in the rescue.
From Reuters ● May 11, 2023
Purveyors of bad milk decline to clean up their dairies until the outbreak of some disease which they have been distributing by the can brings down the authorities upon them.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
