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 Some settings are designed to be used with your skin-care products to enhance absorption, while others focus on muscle stimulation or improving circulation. — Shani Cohen, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2026 Diabetes can cause nerve damage, poor circulation, wounds and infections that may progress to amputation. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Even in states with no ban on the books, circulation rose by about 11%, nearly as much as in the states where the bans actually happened. — Naveen Basavaraj, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 Soft, breathable and moisture-wicking, socks are designed to help improve circulation, reduce swelling and relieve aches and fatigue. — ABC News, 3 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

Noun

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

Voting rights groups had challenged the effort, noting federal data includes errors that have led to citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.

— Patrick Marley, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
The restroom was missing a toilet paper dispenser, rolls of toilet paper were observed on a grab rail next to the toilet.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 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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