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circulation

[sur-kyuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌsɜr kjəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
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"It was intolerable because there was literally no air circulation," he said.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Earlier this week, Rabat said it was monitoring "the circulation of social media posts and messages of unknown origin" calling for a mass crossing Saturday, warning it would prosecute organisers and participants.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

When temperatures rise more rapidly, those adjustments cannot happen quickly enough, leaving the circulation more vulnerable to instability.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Eventually, they hope to compare circulation patterns between healthy and diseased brains, as well as between younger and older brains.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Rita clung to his arm so tightly she cut off the circulation to his hand.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

The worst is yet to come because we’re seeing incredibly dense smoke moving out across western New York and into the New York City area, based on the circulations that are being forecast.”

From Scientific American Jun. 7, 2023

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

From Salon Oct. 16, 2021

The decrease of the country circulation in England and the increase of the Scottish and Irish circulations may be set off against each other.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various




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