How to Use redistribute in a Sentence

redistribute

verb
Definition of redistributenext
Synonyms for redistributenext
  • Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states.
  • Soon other Dutch doctors teamed up to create an app to help redistribute the doses.
    — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Children are not given less time off of school, rather the usual nine months on, three months off schedule is redistributed.
    — Amanda Morin, Parents, 23 July 2024
  • Congress can just redistribute more money to people to pay for bank accounts with overdraft protection.
    — Norbert Michel, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • Some states have set up marketplaces for shot providers or dedicated staff to redistribute about-to-expire vaccines to places that need them.
    — CBS News, 30 July 2021
  • The federal government owns these vaccines, however, and does not permit states to redistribute them.
    — Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 23 July 2021
  • Every interaction in the series is an exchange of power, and even when people try their hardest to use that power in benevolent ways, or to redistribute it, things go awry.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 16 July 2021
  • This could happen for a number of reasons, including a desire by the school to redistribute limited institutional funds to others who need it.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, WSJ, 1 July 2021
  • As polar and glacial ice melts because of global warming, water that was once concentrated at the top and the bottom of the globe is getting redistributed toward the equator.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 July 2024
  • Our tax systems were designed not just to fund government services but to redistribute wealth and income, to mitigate inequality and to ensure a social-welfare safety net for all.
    — Malcolm Turnbull, Time, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The findings counter several frequently made arguments about who benefits from credit card rewards, including that these programs redistribute money from the poor to the rich.
    — Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Here are a few ways to redistribute food to those who need it.
    — Lindsay Lee Wallace, SELF, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Of course tax the rich and redistribute, but at this point that goes without saying.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Long’s populist plan to redistribute America’s wealth from the rich to the poor.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The new Democratic Party liked to redistribute money for the poor and so obeyed the orders from the rich.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Just create a few dots, tap it out with your finger, and redistribute the leftover product to the rest of your face.
    — Gear Team, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021
  • This gives it time for the juices to redistribute, also helping to ensure moist meat.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2022
  • These pants could be used to redistribute the body’s fluids in a way that is more similar to what occurs on Earth.
    — Rachael Seidler, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The solution may be to redistribute a part of their shares to the remaining partners.
    — Roman Kumar Vyas, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Let the chicken rest: Let the meat rest to allow juices to redistribute before serving.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This allows the juices to redistribute and helps keep them from escaping the meat as soon as it is cut (read: steak that's supremely juicy!).
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
  • That could change over time if more visitors hear about and visit the park, causing the agency to redistribute funds to keep up.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
  • The Roseners had to redistribute candy from their own kids’ trick-or-treat stashes to keep up with demand.
    — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The Democratic strategy is to raise taxes and then redistribute a small cut of the revenues to buy votes.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Then the women of each family were free to redistribute the goods based on what others needed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Hey Democrats, your president is trying to redistribute money from the dead back to the living.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 24 Dec. 2021
  • When Virginia McCaskey dies, the Bears will have to redistribute her 20% stake and her voting power.
    — Ira Boudway, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Money that’s not used will be redistributed to other states that need it.
    — Michael Phillis, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • This phrase used in the song is what Xi calls his drive to redistribute China’s wealth more evenly among the population.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • This will allow the flavorful juices to redistribute throughout the meat.
    — Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022

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