circulated

verb

past tense of circulate
1
as in disseminated
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction

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2
as in rumored
to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired

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3
as in spread
to become known the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids

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Recent Examples of circulated After LoForti’s complaints circulated within a widening circle of county and state officials, Kellum responded. — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026 America turned 200 on July 4, 1976, nearly three months before Songs circulated. — Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026 Cooler air is circulated through the hot storage material, absorbing its thermal energy before passing through a heat exchanger. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026 Wave co-captain Kenza Dali removed her cleats and circulated near the stands, signing autographs for several minutes. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 Suspicions of Ku Klux Klan involvement circulated, although the Klan’s responsibility was never established. — Allissa V. Richardson, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026 That has meant throwing cold water on a dossier circulated by progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative that recommends an aggressive approach against multiple industry executives, including demanding restitution. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026 He was arrested five days later in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after patrons recognized him at a McDonald’s from photos circulated by the NYPD. — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2026 According to legends that circulated in the Middle Ages, the Codex Gigas was created by a monk in Podlažice who sinned and was sentenced to death by immurement—live entombment in a walled enclosure. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circulated
  1. disseminated
  2. rumored
  3. spread
  4. propagated
  5. whispered
  6. revealed
  7. reported
  8. suggested
Verb
  • The pop icon herself was set to direct, while two different scripts were reportedly penned by Diablo Cody (their writing sessions were widely disseminated on social media) and Cressida Wilson.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Kotthaus answered that it was disseminated intravascular coagulation—a blood-clotting disorder.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Lenny Kravitz fans experienced quite the scare on Sunday afternoon after the rocker was rumored to be aboard a private plane that crashed in Greenacres, Florida, in Palm Beach County.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Later, on social media, Gunn responded to a fan’s query regarding those rumored to be front-runners for the Batman role.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of rumored
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  • The suites are spread across two floors, with either a garden terrace or balcony.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Some of that investment could be spread across several markets, according to a Thursday report from Mirae Asset Securities.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of spread
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  • View this post on Instagram Because of the news of her divorce, the post trickled through the celebrity gossip outlets, and that coverage in turn propagated the post through Google search.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Cultivation The plant grows naturally on riverbeds, grasslands, and human-disturbed areas; it can be propagated from both seeds and stem cuttings.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of propagated
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  • That includes administration officials who are occasionally whispered about as harboring presidential ambitions, like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Instead, this anxiety whispered, quietly and convincingly, within me.
    — Nickademus de la Rosa, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of whispered
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  • Electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng reportedly revealed its two-seat flying car could begin limited commercial operations in China in the second half of 2027.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Parents in the Monessen City School District raised concerns with the school board Monday night, 24 hours after a KDKA investigation aired where a whistleblower revealed mold, moisture and structural problems inside the middle-high school.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of revealed
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  • The researchers reported that EpiPad outperformed the other two approaches in both error rate and efficiency.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Some voters were improperly kicked off the voting rolls because of address mistakes contained in voter information Watson had purchased from the Experian credit rating agency, the news site Mississippi Today reported Friday.
    — Gregory S. Schneider The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of reported
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  • Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • And there will be a lot of them to loft — 100,000 Starlink V3 satellites and a million Starmind AI data centers, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has suggested.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
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