in circulation
idiom
: going or passing from person to person or place to place
That rumor has been in circulation for a long time.
coins no longer in circulation
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In the afternoon, the stock of MicroStrategy, the biggest corporate owner of Bitcoin that holds 1% of all Bitcoin in circulation, jumped over 15%, trading at $1,609.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 15 July 2024
Forza Horizon 4 will be just over six years old when it’s pulled from digital stores, leaving only what’s left out there of physical Xbox copies in circulation for latecomers or preservationists to explore.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 25 June 2024
One reason could be the number of guns in circulation.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 June 2024
The book has also been challenged at least one other time in Florida, by someone in Clay County, but school officials there decided to keep it in circulation.
—Douglas Soule, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 15 July 2024
Forza Horizon 4 will be just over six years old when it’s pulled from digital stores, leaving only what’s left out there of physical Xbox copies in circulation for latecomers or preservationists to explore.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 25 June 2024
One reason could be the number of guns in circulation.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 June 2024
The book has also been challenged at least one other time in Florida, by someone in Clay County, but school officials there decided to keep it in circulation.
—Douglas Soule, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
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“In circulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20circulation. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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