out of circulation
Example Sentences
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Indiana held that, while the government is entitled to keep copies of “expressive materials” to use as evidence, it can’t take them out of circulation entirely, especially without a determination of illegality.
From Slate ● May 21, 2024
Launched in 2010, Paytm gained popularity after India banned high-denomination notes in 2016, a move that sucked cash out of circulation and boosted online transactions.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2024
The revived Tulare Lake could put some farmland and orchards out of circulation for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
“Imprisonment might be necessary to take out of circulation a person who is causing harm to society, but there’s a background to it.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
The thing is ridiculous, I never contemplated, for a moment, that the great Sheikh should take any hard piastres out of circulation, to lock them up in the wilderness.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
