as in to distribute
to divide (something) among a group in a different way
Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states. We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all.
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Recent Examples of redistribute
Are there plans to redistribute responsibilities or implement efficiency improvements?
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Rather than saving money, eliminating the penny would increase and redistribute financial burdens.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Latent herpes infections often get reactivated; certain medications can become less effective; microgravity, the technical term for near-weightlessness, redistributes blood to veins in the head and neck that aren’t used to handling the flow, increasing the risk of clots.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Rather than saving money, eliminating the penny would increase and redistribute financial burdens.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Latent herpes infections often get reactivated; certain medications can become less effective; microgravity, the technical term for near-weightlessness, redistributes blood to veins in the head and neck that aren’t used to handling the flow, increasing the risk of clots.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redistribute
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This account is based on interviews with 12 people with knowledge of developments at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which is the federal agency that oversees all these international broadcasters and distributes money to them.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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The measurement of how much the company distributes is known as the dividend yield, found by dividing the annual payout by the share price.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The Context Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week entered its fourth year, with the U.S. previously providing billions in military and humanitarian support.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The upper stage ended up exploding over the Atlantic Ocean, providing a dramatic sky show for people in the Turks and Caicos Islands and nearby areas.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Apart from gaming, the group is also deepening its investment in the energy sector, allocating $1.3 billion in a floating liquified natural gas project in Indonesia.—
Yessar Rosendar,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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While side hustles are a major way children are saving up money, many are also allocating their allowances to their savings — especially when considering that 62 percent of 6-year-olds receive an allowance and 80 percent of children receive one by the age of 14.—
Kanika Talwar,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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Items confiscated after troops tried to take the National Election Commission Source: Supreme Prosecutors Office, Republic of Korea Not everyone shared Mr. Noh’s enthusiasm.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck shared updates on Neutron during the company’s Feb. 26 earnings call, saying its Neutron rocket will address the growing demand for launch services from defense, security, and science communities.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Redistribute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redistribute. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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