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

Examples of in circulation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At current interest rates, World Liberty can expect to earn more than four per cent annually on the volume of USD1 in circulation. —David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026

The monthly edition will be distributed the first Wednesday of each month, with weekly restocking to keep the Reader in circulation. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026

Talks on a landmark free trade deal between the European Union and four South American countries started so long ago that the euro wasn’t even in circulation, China hadn’t yet joined the World Trade Organization and Venezuela was still America’s top oil provider. —Isabel Debre, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026

If the Federal Reserve either decreases the amount of money that’s in circulation or reins in the pace at which the money supply expands, those actions tend to mute consumer demand for goods and services. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for in circulation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration