CIRCULATION Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

circulation

noun

Definition of circulation

as in rotation

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as in distribution

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Recent Examples of circulation The names may be out of circulation, but storms including Ian, Ida, Igor, Ike, Inez, Ingrid, Iota, Irene, Irma, Isabel and Ivan left lasting legacies. — Robin Webb, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 Kelvin waves are a typical feature of El Niño, says Severine Fournier, an ocean circulation researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026 Currently, the San Francisco Bay Area is categorized as having high circulation of influenza, whereas activity in the Sacramento region is categorized as moderate to high, according to data from the California Department of Public Health. — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 It is expected to bring together his most iconic artworks, while inviting a fresh perspective on the artist’s explorations of mass media, image circulation, duplication, and popular culture. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for circulation

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Noun

Unlike via old-school shopping channels, where brands are in constant rotation and must make their case in a limited amount of time, on TikTok, longer Lives are better.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
With most of the Heat’s rotation regulars held out of Saturday’s 125-124 preseason loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at Kaseya Center, Jovic stepped into a bigger role and started.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of rotation

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The program offers discussions of financing and distribution, opportunities to present unfinished work and pitch projects, and meetings with industry representatives.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
The Irish production and distribution shingle, which specializes in horror and adjacent genre movies, is handling worldwide sales on the film, which recently wrapped principal photography.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of distribution

Noun

That same month, the Republican administration claimed Nevada had 1,500 noncitizen voters on its voter rolls.

— SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
In July, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed that his office identified as many as than 191,000 noncitizens on California’s voter rolls.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of roll

Noun

Finally, while work is underway to build a formal framework for economic espionage, Congress must prevent any creeping erosion of the existing norm through the potentially corrupt dissemination of intelligence to favored companies.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Everyone gets mail, and the marvel of the postal system’s reach and distribution was intentionally used as an anthrax dissemination machine.

— Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of dissemination

Noun

This spa has been a wellness landmark for two decades thanks to its subterranean hydrotherapy circuit, a sequence of hot tubs, grotto waterfalls, and rain shower pools.

— Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
The reality star and Skims founder touched down at the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend to support boyfriend Lewis Hamilton, bringing a little feminine energy to the Formula 1 circuit.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of circuit

Noun

To support Constant’s production, Shopkorn approaches their relationship in a more old-school model, sending her money as a stipend instead of waiting for a sale to go through and split it 50-50 as is now the norm.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Five films are directed by filmmakers from outside the Baltic countries, with Baltic talent and expertise playing significant roles in their production.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of production

Noun

Major technology revolutions have always triggered dramatic boom-bust cycles.

— RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Few contemporary authors embody that idea more than Becky Chambers, whose stories imagine alternative futures—not through grand revolutions or galaxy-spanning battles but through ordinary people trying to care for one another.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026

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