The phrase "distributed about" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The flyers were distributed about the town in an effort to reach a wider audience.
But since the buildings' demise, Rutgers has put the book into five printings and distributed about 75,000 copies to bookstores.
VeriSign has distributed about one million of its security devices.
O.L.P.C. said it distributed about 50,000 computers in the United States during the promotion.
In 1999, the banks distributed about 750,000 tissue specimens for transplantation.
It had distributed about $20 million since its founding last year.
The town distributed about $250,000 worth of containers for each classroom in each school district.
The owners' current revenue-sharing plan is estimated to have distributed about $150 million last season.
No shortage of awards were distributed, about 60 in all, down to best paint job.
Over three years, according to the criminal complaint, the men distributed about 50 kilograms of heroin and 100 of cocaine.
Here is the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association letter to regulators and information it has distributed about Lasix.
Mr. Picard has recovered about $9.3 billion and distributed about $3.7 billion of that to eligible victims.
