circulation

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Recent Examples of circulation The book was later pulled from circulation amid the revelation that Hill plagiarized a portion. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Arteries constantly expand and contract during circulation, placing stress on stiff devices attached to their surface. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026 Taber’s story in Time, which had a circulation of ~20m, hit newsstands on May 31. Mark Dent, HubSpot, 15 May 2026 Around 1870, the New York Sun regularly competed circulation-wise, with the New York Daily News, the Herald, the Tribune and the New York Times, sometimes winning. John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for circulation
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Noun
  • No starting pitcher on the Astros’ roster is making more money than Imai, who is supposed to announce this franchise’s arrival in the Pacific Rim, while slotting somewhere in the middle of its starting rotation.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • At fine-dining Le Grand Large, a rotation of visiting chefs knock up Provencal dishes like red snapper and Bouillabaisse.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Firstman all but preemptively slapped an A24 logo on Club Kid, which doesn’t have distribution yet as of this writing, but his film really would fit into their stable of commercially friendly art flicks, down to its gooey heart.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • As for the distribution of grades across the state, 25% of Kansas hospitals earned A grades, higher than the 23% recorded in fall 2025.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Access to platforms was blocked off with bicycle-rack style barricades and roll-down gates as MTA police officers stood sentry, directing people to alternative transportation.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 16 May 2026
  • The restaurant serves a beloved Mexican take on Japanese sushi, turning the tradition of small raw rolls on its head.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • If the administration’s efforts to shape the telling of history and the dissemination of culture came as a shock, the pushback—largely in the form of litigation—will be a slower burn.
    Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 9 May 2026
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tsunami warning program has spent decades fine-tuning rapid message dissemination.
    Ezgi Karasözen, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The controversy also took a turn after the discovery of a March 2026 interview with outlet El Nuevo Día in which Díaz openly discussed his family’s involvement in the underground circuit.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Lucy, Philip and their small son have moved away from the concert circuit to a beautiful old farmhouse in Bavaria, where Lucy hopes a slower pace of life will smooth away Philip’s panic attacks.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • All the thespian’s chemistry felt less like castmates promoting a production and more like siblings teasing one another out of deep affection.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • However, Samsung's workers' union disputed the impact of the strikes, saying in a statement that previous production pauses had occurred for equipment inspection, maintenance and process adjustments.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • And mistaking one for the other is another legacy of how the Cold War foreshortened the humanistic possibilities of the intellectual revolution of the past eighty years—a revolution that has, miraculously, allowed people to communicate with machines using human languages.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Founding Fathers will go from the stirrings of revolution to the long and bloody fight for independence, and on into the early years of the American republic.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • South Florida Public Media Group, which manages WLRN, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which holds the station’s broadcasting license, announced the settlement on Wednesday after the school board approved the deal without discussion.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • As would have been the case had Wrexham gone up this year, much of this centred on satisfying broadcasting requirements, a key aspect of life due to the huge global interest in the wealthiest domestic league around.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 May 2026

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