- past tense form of redistribute.
- past participle of redistribute.
redistributed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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"By enabling heat to be guided, focused and redistributed with nanoscale precision at room temperature, the discovery establishes a foundation for quantum thermal engineering."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
However, Adam, from the IFS, argues that whether or not money would be redistributed from London and the South East depends on whether the government changes the central grants it gives to local authorities.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
During the Progressive Era, when party machine politics dominated, judicial elections were put forward as a reform to promote democratic accountability because they broke up concentrations of power and redistributed it to the people.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Petno helped put an end to its stand-alone mergers and acquisitions department and redistributed that team across the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
I had written that Kwang took no profits and made no interest, that he just redistributed funds at the end of every week, like any ggeh.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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