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circulation

[sur-kyuh-lay-shuhn] / ˌsɜr kjəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
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"Until now, the Shamonda virus was considered non-transmissible to humans," it noted, having only been identified in animals "despite decades of circulation of the Shamonda virus in Africa and Asia".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

A treaty limiting future development wouldn’t remove models already in circulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Adding to the volatility, hedge funds had piled into US government bonds like never before, holding 7 percent of all those in circulation at the end of 2025, though that share has since fallen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Once produced in the gut, ImP can enter the circulation and reach other parts of the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

After I finish eating, I’m so full, my pants nearly cut off my circulation.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

As the world heats unevenly, this causes changes in the atmospheric circulations that steer storms across the planet.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024

The code has been applied to a wide range of problems, from modeling the dynamics inside individual cells, to ocean and atmospheric circulations.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

In 1985 he began a climb to newspapers with larger newspaper circulations, taking a job as the Mariners beat writer for the now-defunct Bellevue Journal-American.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

ECCO, the project the new study is based on, simulated ocean circulations using supercomputers from NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and seven other international research entities.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2022

The huge circulations of his papers tell their story of his mind.

From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Frank Dilnot


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