Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That distributes; dealing out.
- adjective an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded.
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- verb Present participle of
distribute .
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Examples
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The challenge in distributing climate-change funds is not only to triage the needs of vulnerable countries, but to prioritize the communities who too often get neglected even by their own governments.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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The challenge in distributing climate-change funds is not only to triage the needs of vulnerable countries, but to prioritize the communities who too often get neglected even by their own governments.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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People of sf fandom have become the critics, writers and teachers of sf and they have many roles in distributing the genre, too, as specialists of the field, also in international scale.
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The challenge in distributing climate-change funds is not only to triage the needs of vulnerable countries, but to prioritize the communities who too often get neglected even by their own governments.
Michelle Chen: Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further Michelle Chen 2010
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And when recipients of government aid like the largess, that might show some very basic competence in distributing benefits, but not much more than the fact that spending money on people often makes them happy.
How to not fix America's debt problem Stephen Stromberg 2010
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The manager of your hotel or B & B might assist in distributing clothing to members of his cleaning staff who in all likelihood are of extremely modest means, or might suggest that some items be given to one of several local charities such as Estancia Fraternidad or Casa de La Mujer.
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Not only does it look great, it offers internet marketers some degree of protection in distributing their products, as is targetted to one email address (the customer).
Five Best Online File Sharing Services | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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In the middle of April, PBV also will begin distributing Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, which features those brands formulated with sugar.
ATTN: HFCS Haters. Get Ready For Sugar-Sweetened "Pepsi Throwback" - The Consumerist 2009
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Last month, the country's largest vending-machine wholesaler, Vistar, a unit of Performance Food Group, said it would begin distributing fresh produce to its customers, thousands of mostly smaller vending-machine operators.
The Great Banana Challenge Ilan Brat 2010
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The manager of your hotel or B & B might assist in distributing clothing to members of his cleaning staff who in all likelihood are of extremely modest means, or might suggest that some items be given to one of several local charities such as Estancia Fraternidad or Casa de La Mujer.
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