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
The initiative has collected and redistributed over 1,500 pairs of shoes to local community groups.
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Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Other proposals include painting part of the object with a light-colored coating that would redistribute its heat and eventually change its spin and orbit, Mainzer said, or parking a large spacecraft nearby whose gravity would reshape the object’s trajectory.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The order mandates redistributing the department's functions across multiple federal agencies by the end of the year, marking a major change in how the federal government approaches education.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Nine teams paid a total tax of $311 million last year, and half of that goes toward the commissioner’s discretionary fund and is redistributed to teams that receive revenue sharing.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Other proposals include painting part of the object with a light-colored coating that would redistribute its heat and eventually change its spin and orbit, Mainzer said, or parking a large spacecraft nearby whose gravity would reshape the object’s trajectory.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The order mandates redistributing the department's functions across multiple federal agencies by the end of the year, marking a major change in how the federal government approaches education.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Nine teams paid a total tax of $311 million last year, and half of that goes toward the commissioner’s discretionary fund and is redistributed to teams that receive revenue sharing.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redistribute
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El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters That funding was part of some $661 million that USAID distributed in Sudan last year, accounting for nearly half of the global humanitarian response to the crisis.—
Violet Ikong,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Apr. 2025
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Skyline Media has distributed more than 800 international films and served as sales agent for over 150 Vietnamese and Southeast Asian titles.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
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The appeals court divided 2-1 in turning down the government's request to halt Boasberg's directive.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the trade deficit ($7.4 billion) by the value of imports to America ($22.2 billion) and then essentially halving the figure to reach 17%.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The traffic alert was reported Tuesday at 5:02 p.m., and the last update concerning this incident was provided on Tuesday at 5:08 p.m.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Gas still provides a massive 43% of electricity across the country, and as a result, the US accounted for 57% of the global growth in gas generation worldwide last year.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Inflation Reduction Act allocated $15 million for a task force within the IRS to create a report about the costs and opinions of a potential direct e-file program.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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According to Harvard’s annual report, the largest chunks of the endowment are allocated to private equity (39%) and hedge funds (32%).—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Most countries do not share the same level of economic, security, or political relations that exist between the U.S. and Japan.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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But even after extensive training, the primates didn’t seem to share our mathematical understanding.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Redistribute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redistribute. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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