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Definitions

out of circulation

ADJECTIVE

kaput

Synonyms

WEAK

all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

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There is little documentation of its subsequent use, but it is believed to have been taken out of circulation at some point in the 1930s, because of concerns about its long-lasting effects.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Yet it was a tricky line to walk, and, in hindsight, perhaps even naive to believe the attraction could stand apart from a film that has long been out of circulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

Indiana held that, while the government is entitled to keep copies of “expressive materials” to use as evidence, it can’t take them out of circulation entirely, especially without a determination of illegality.

From Slate • May 21, 2024

The question on everyone’s minds: Where will former Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, who has been out of circulation since stepping down last November, next pop up?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023

But all paper money was below par in 1865, and gold remained out of circulation, at a premium, until the end of 1878.

From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.

out of circulation

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