circulation
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The long consignment to the wilderness thwarts “preservation, access, education, creative reuse, scholarship, etc., when most of the works are out of circulation and not benefiting any rights holders.”
From Los Angeles Times
By lowering the melting point and viscosity of mantle rocks, the water helped drive internal circulation and plate motion, giving the planet long-term geological energy.
From Science Daily
Supporting the troops is good for morale—and, not incidentally, good for circulation.
From Salon
College of Medicine have uncovered new details about how blood circulation in the brain is controlled and how vascular problems might be reversed.
From Science Daily
“We know that we have a mutation ... which may make the flu vaccine work less well. But the vaccine still offers excellent protection against hospitalization and death, even with the mutated strain in circulation.”
From Los Angeles Times
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