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as in to disseminate
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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as in to 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 circulate In another instance earlier this year, a deepfake video showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky supposedly telling his troops to surrender circulated widely online before being debunked. Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 The story now circulating with ever greater popularity is Jackson was an innocent bystander in the 1919 World Series fix. Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025 Photo: Lawrence De Leon For dessert, Reyes glided around the table, offering everyone a slice of vegan bibingka, a buoyant and delicately sweet rice cake, while bowls of jammy candied kumquats and homemade coconut ice cream circulated. Laura Neilson, Vogue, 22 May 2025 The incident occurred during a concert at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town in November 2024, and footage of it began to circulate more widely following Kneecap’s Coachella performance, which included pro-Palestine and anti-Israel messages. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for circulate
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  • All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 21 May 2025
  • The poll was conducted for a new nonpartisan group called the Jewish Voters Resource Center, which aims to collect and disseminate data on Jewish voters and issues.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
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  • The existence of Apple’s smart glasses project, while long rumored, gained clearer confirmation through recent reports.
    Alex Levin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • Originally titled Dead Reckoning Part Two, the eighth Mission: Impossible film is rumored to be Cruise's last hurrah with the franchise.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 May 2025
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  • Measles was fully eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, according to the CDC, meaning the virus was not spreading within the country and new cases only came from people who contracted measles abroad and returned to the U.S.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Stages 3 and 4, when the tumor has spread beyond the borders of the prostate, are considered more advanced and high risk.
    Luisel Ricks-Santi, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
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  • This success has set the stage for the next crisis, primarily because, like Gros Michel, Cavendish bananas are also clones propagated whole from a narrow genetic base.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Furthermore, the axial compression in the columns is likely to result in shear cracks that are more closely aligned with the column axis, allowing the cracks to intercept some transverse reinforcement before propagating through the section.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
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  • Amidst a media frenzy outside, whispers around the fortress-like Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse is that Ventura could be called to testify tomorrow.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 May 2025
  • The kind that’s whispered in moments of solitude, recited through tears, and held tightly when doors closed.
    Essence, Essence, 9 May 2025
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  • The observations revealed the companion galaxy is moving toward the quasar-hosting galaxy at about 1.2 million miles per hour (2 million kilometers per hour), indicating the two are in the midst of a high-speed collision.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 May 2025
  • Phase 2 redevelopment of the Fort Worth Stockyards may be on hold due to disputes between the project’s developers, court documents have revealed.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025

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