out of circulation
Example Sentences
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Academic research, education, and scholarship suffer when works remain unavailable and out of circulation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
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
Launched in 2010, Paytm gained popularity after India banned high-denomination notes in 2016, a move that sucked cash out of circulation and boosted online transactions.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 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
Most of those who had opposed the aliens were out of circulation, imprisoned in correctional institutions, undergoing rehabilitation.
From Assassin by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.