out of circulation

ADJECTIVE

kaput

Synonyms

WEAK

all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

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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

And I don’t think any of my reporting does that, because most of these women are now out of circulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 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

It was said of Miss Letitia that when money came into her possession it went out of circulation.

From The Window at the White Cat by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

out of circulation

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