out of circulation
idiom
1
: so as to be no longer passing from person to person or place to place
coins that have gone out of circulation
The magazine has been taken out of circulation; it will no longer be sold.
2
: unable to go out socially
He'll be out of circulation for a while after the surgery.
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The impacts of taking wells out of circulation are also felt by a variety of businesses that sell a broad range of well-head services and supplies: seismic analysts, well drillers, refinery operators and manufacturers of metal tubing, mud and cement.
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Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
The movie had run its course by the time Kennedy was killed, naturally falling out of circulation as movies do since its first release a year before, and was never banned.
—Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
For a while, officials hoped high levels of antibodies would drive the virus out of circulation altogether.
—Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
Although colonial postcards have long gone out of circulation, Loukidis believes Africa continues to be misrepresented in modern imagery.
—Rochelle Beighton, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
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Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
The movie had run its course by the time Kennedy was killed, naturally falling out of circulation as movies do since its first release a year before, and was never banned.
—Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
For a while, officials hoped high levels of antibodies would drive the virus out of circulation altogether.
—Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
Although colonial postcards have long gone out of circulation, Loukidis believes Africa continues to be misrepresented in modern imagery.
—Rochelle Beighton, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
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“Out of circulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20of%20circulation. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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