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redistribute

verb

Definition of redistribute

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 executive interviews are pushing us toward a broader question that is not just what AI can do, but how the total bundle of management responsibilities should be redistributed and rebuilt. — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 While some of the wealth is being redistributed from the UK to these billionaires’s respective home countries (like Egypt and Denmark), Bloomberg reports that majority of the moneyis heading to the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and Monaco. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 This water releases massive waves of heat, redistributing warmth from the ocean to the atmosphere—and subsequently shifts weather patterns around the world. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 That water releases massive heat, redistributing warmth from the ocean to the atmosphere. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redistribute

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Major Player Last year, BBC Studios teamed with CosmoBlue to distribute channels and launch a new general entertainment network across the Middle East and North Africa regions and Turkey.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
That came after the company distributed about 471 million warrants giving holders of Paramount Skydance’s PSKY Class B shares the option to purchase stock in the new company for $12/share.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met at Höfði House, representing rival nuclear superpowers divided by decades of distrust.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of divide

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There are obviously endless options for how the money could be allocated.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
For some young investors, that means money originally allocated to long-term strategies is being funneled to activities built around immediate outcomes.

— Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

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