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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

Videos of his inspections and press briefings circulate widely on social media, where reels and podcasts have turned him into an unlikely celebrity.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

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

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Unable to catch him on their stopwatches, some of them began to circulate old rumors that Seabiscuit was lame.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

That information could also improve modern disease surveillance and efforts to monitor places where plague still circulates today.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

“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

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

Pomp, who suffered the sickness as a child, circulates with me among the afflicted, bathing them comfortably and urging them to resist scratching and worrying at the sores, lest they rupture.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

For months, rumors circulated that he had actually died, was on life support or was otherwise incapacitated.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

Much of this conversation was triggered by the contents of a note that police had found on the boy at the time of his arrest, which was leaked online and widely circulated.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Footage circulated by local media showed a thick column of black smoke rising from the city center.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

There were still questions about the wheel’s safety, and unfounded stories circulated about suicides and accidents, including one that alleged that a frightened pug had leaped to its death from one of the car’s windows.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Two videos circulating on social media appear to show the moment a cargo ship crashes into a fishing vessel, with dramatic footage capturing the impact.

From BBC Sep. 21, 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

Section 6 writes the procedure for discontinuing the next circulating coin: 60 days’ notice to the banking committees, a phaseout plan, a briefing.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Cells use LDL receptors to capture LDL cholesterol circulating in the blood.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

He pointed out that the rapidity with which poisons can spread throughout the entire body fitted in with the idea that the blood is continually circulating.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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