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circulate

[sur-kyuh-leyt] / ˈsɜr kjəˌleɪt /




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Every Bitcoin transaction is public, and the number of Bitcoin that will ever circulate has been arbitrarily capped at 21 million.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

There is also a risk of exposing the infirmities of age to an often unsympathetic public, thanks to concert videos that circulate on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The WMO - a UN agency - said it has undertaken a "major mobilisation" to try to circulate its forecasts of potential extreme weather events, linked to El Niño, to as many communities as possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The approach works by examining fragments of DNA that circulate naturally in the bloodstream.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood, but I also felt compelled to leave the Buddha and the great knowledge.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

“I don’t hear any noises,” he said, pacing a raised floor above a chamber that circulates air to cool servers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

As the warm water sits still at the top, oxygen no longer circulates to the bottom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But those strategies may need to be reconsidered if mammalian metabolism, rather than microbes, is responsible for much of what circulates in the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

As a scholar who researches the relationship between Christianity and fashion, I have traced how Christian imagery circulates in surprising forms.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

The beat of the man's heart, and the noise of his blood as it circulates through his body, grow louder and louder.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The three cars circulated together in a stalemate, with no-one able to pass and the teams all waiting for the expected accident that would lead to a safety car and a cheap pit stop.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

As those particles circulated through the developing disk, they could have created and maintained a magnetic field.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

That is one of several aggressive financial projections included in an investor presentation being circulated by Thrive Capital, the investment firm helmed by Joshua Kushner, according to a copy reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

After the post circulated, Trump held a press briefing from the Oval Office to discuss drug pricing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

As she watched, the tall, skinny man circulated from group to group.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

Police have also begun action against 32 social media accounts accused of circulating footage in which the teenagers could be identified, she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Delivering the drug locally allows doctors to concentrate it near the tumor while reducing the amount of medication circulating throughout the rest of the body.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

A week after the floodwaters receded, Angelenos started circulating petitions that would recall the corrupt Shaw from office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

When former first-grade teacher Ranah Ahmed Burney saw it circulating, she was reminded of a student who wasn’t allowed sugar at home and had begun stealing cookies from a classmate’s lunchbox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The river and nearby Lake Mareotis, located south of the city, provided a steady supply of fresh water; and sea breezes kept the air circulating.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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