DISTRIBUTING Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

distributing

verb

present participle of distribute

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type distribute the assignments according to seniority

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as in allotting

to give as a share or portion committed to distributing the school's limited scholarship money so that it benefits more students

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as in dispensing

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals distributed pamphlets on recycling to everyone in the neighborhood

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Recent Examples of distributing Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Shkreli, who was a pharmaceutical executive and former hedge-fund manager, purchased the elusive album for $2 million at a 2015 auction, which barred him from commercially distributing the LP for 88 years, until 2103. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026 The California Business and Consumer Services Agency and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation seek to speed up the release of insurance proceeds that lenders hold before distributing them to homeowners. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Community members with Operation Respond, a program of the Living Classrooms Foundation, walked through the neighborhood distributing resources. — Janay Reece, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Teo said the government had begun preparations weeks earlier to support residents, including distributing masks to those most in need. — Jenny Lee,zechariah Chan, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Cross-back aprons can be a bit confusing to put on, but have the benefit of distributing weight evenly across your shoulders. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 Greg Maurice, who has worked at 1091 Pictures, eOne and Fox Sports, has teamed up with pastor Stephon Chaney to launch Ark Clb, a media company aimed at acquiring, financing, producing and distributing films and TV in the faith and family space. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

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Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Zema has proposed classifying major criminal factions as terrorist organizations.

— Katie Angell Britannica Editors Oct. 2, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2026

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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

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Items such as the coffee pots, dispensing nozzles for cappuccino and frazil machines must be washed and sanitized as needed.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Despite those circumstances, Yusuf continued dispensing oxycodone to Llerena, according to the factual proffer.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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Piper Sandler's survey offered signs that Vans may finally be stabilizing — ranking as the seventh-most-popular footwear brand among male teens after years of sinking in the rankings and climbing to ninth among upper-income male teens.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
What’s Trending in the NFL, ranking the most controversial coaching decisions from the past week.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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Rather than assigning a class based on a single characteristic, the system considers combinations of properties, including texture, mineralogy, pH and profile thickness — the depth of the soil layer.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
His remarks nonetheless reinforced a judgment in the markets that the Fed would pause its rate increases, with the futures market assigning a 15% probability to an October hike as of Friday morning.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of assigning

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At the bottom is the emerald-green pool, providing guests with welcome respite from the heat.

— Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
As the film tells it, Simmers eventually learns that waging war against dealers and community enablers makes less of an impact on people who are addicted than providing them consistent, patient, loving support.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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For Jekyll-Hyde, the costumes are crucial and add to the characterization, distinguishing the two men inhabiting the same body.

— Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
For voters scrolling through Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms, distinguishing between independent commentary and paid political advertising is becoming increasingly difficult.

— Abby Dodge, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of distinguishing

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So to say that another way, plants are taking up all of this carbon from our atmosphere and then allocating about thirteen billion tons of that to networks every year.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
This funding has helped, but allocating more money to public schools isn’t the only way to make progress.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026

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