circulation

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Recent Examples of circulation This native plant doesn’t need much pruning other than to maintain its shape, remove dead or diseased branches, and thin it out as needed to improve circulation. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025 Always set them in an open space with natural air circulation away from direct sunlight and heating or cooling vents, and set back from high-traffic areas where they could be knocked or jostled. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025 Removing a fire truck from circulation will save the city $1 million annually by reducing overtime costs, according to the news release. Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025 Rescued in the dead of night, all three were suffering from dehydration, starvation and nerve damage to their feet due to loss of circulation. Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for circulation
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Noun
  • Choose from four neutral colors—classic black, chocolate brown, light pink, or a creamy white—to add to your wardrobe rotation.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The Royals are expected to enter the 2026 seasonn with a potential starting rotation of Cole Ragans, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha, Bubic and Cameron.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • A day after booking Soto and Baz, investigators arrested Gutierrez, who allegedly led the distribution of the cocaine to dealers and users, at his Oxnard home.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The company aims to scale up its distribution footprint and leverage its physical stores — dubbed Alo Sanctuaries — not just as transactional spaces but hubs for community-building experiences.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Each basket could feed up to 10 people and included a turkey, a bag of potatoes, bread rolls, vegetables, sweets and side dishes.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Original sketches, color swatches and archival images tracing the history of yoga wear — which went from loose to form-fitting — along with rolls of Align fabric offered a visual display of how Align evolved from an idea into a global franchise over a decade.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This includes coordination of de-mining operations, removal of heavy weapons and equipment from the border, implementation of measures to restore mutual trust, and desisting from harmful rhetoric and the dissemination of false information, The Associated Press reported.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Academic historians devote much of our attention to the creation and dissemination of new research, to working at the outer edges of their subjects; most of our publications are analytical, interpretive, conceptual, and theoretical.
    Time, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The two-time Olympic women’s halfpipe champion posted the video of her injury to Instagram, which took place in Laax – host of a key World Cup event next weekend on the pre-Olympic circuit, which Kim is due to compete in.
    Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Then, using a technique called chemogenetics, whereby scientists can use drugs to control specific brain cells, the researchers suppressed a circuit between two brain regions called the ventral striatum and the ventral pallidum—both are known to be involved in motivation.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • EngineAI confirmed that its production models are powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor, providing up to 2000 TOPS of AI compute, along with a 360-degree LiDAR perception system.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Reliability, flexibility, and fast, on time delivery guide development, with specifications tailored to local markets and customers, from last mile hubs and national distribution to cold storage, production facilities, and data centres.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The young republic’s survival hinged on distancing itself from a Europe convulsed by revolution and war.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
  • One early muse-like figure is Martin Luther, who in 1524 sparked a revolution by challenging the church’s influence on commerce.
    Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Others recognized are Ellie Goulding, who is receiving an MBE for her work on Biodiversity and the Climate; British actress Meera Syal, who is receiving a damehood; and The Thursday Murder Club author and television presenter Richard Osman, for his services to literature and broadcasting.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The no-cloning theorem has presented a major challenge for quantum researchers, who have sought to overcome it with solutions such as imperfect cloning and probabilistic cloning, which uses the broadcasting of mixed states.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026

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“Circulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circulation. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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