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circulation

[sur-kyuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌsɜr kyəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
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The US embassy in New Delhi told AFP that "thousands of tuk-tuks currently in circulation will be sponsored to showcase messages celebrating America's 250th birthday".

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The government has condemned the circulation of what it called "fake videos and images" described by some as recordings of attacks on foreign nationals.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

They compared the monitoring approach to a canary in a coal mine because it may provide an efficient way to detect major shifts in this climate-regulating circulation.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

This system came under strain in the 1960s “when the volume of U.S. dollars in circulation exceeded domestic gold reserves redeemable at fixed value, leading to periodic runs on the dollar in foreign exchange.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

His enquiry into the prehistory of the idea of the circulation of the blood was the beginning of the history of science as a learned enterprise.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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