- present participle of circulate.
circulating
Example Sentences
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The same rumors that started last summer about schools loading up on transfers are circulating again this summer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
This is just one of several rumours circulating in the community since people started dying from this disease, said Mongbwalu's mayor, Sesereki Mandro Israel.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
A less optimistic take circulating online is that luxury handbags are played out and oversaturated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
To evaluate the effects of eliminating sucrose, the researchers measured glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, circulating metabolic hormones, the gut microbiome, and inflammation in both the colon and liver.
From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026
To be fair, Hucbald merely experimented with this concept rather than invented it; it had been circulating in musical theories since antiquity, as indeed it had in Indian and Chinese musical systems.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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