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circulation

[sur-kyuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌsɜr kjəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
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The sheer number of guns in circulation, endemic corruption, lax enforcement of laws in all walks of life, the glorification of guns and a decades-long military culture are all contributing factors.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Thailand has more than 10 million civilian-owned guns in circulation - 4 million of those unlicensed.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The team says the findings support taking immediate steps to address access to sodium nitrite and the circulation of harmful information online.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

New findings from researchers at Utrecht University suggest that temperature alone does not determine the fate of this major ocean circulation system.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

“Well, that’s a bonus for me, isn’t it? I’m a hopper myself. Love to hop. Good for the circulation, so I’m told, in moderation. But marching would be a nice change of pace.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

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

Monsoonal circulations carry warm, moist air inland from the ocean, which causes rainfall in the summer season.

From Salon Oct. 16, 2021

Thus, in the spiritual sphere,—in the world that God has created by the Spirit of his Son, circulations beautiful and beneficent continually play.

From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot




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