as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
an ugly rumor about one of our staffers was circulating, and, as usual, the chief circulator was the in-house busybody
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Recent Examples of circulator
These include helium circulators, turbines, steam generators, pumps, and instrumentation and controls for the reactor’s power and heat generation.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Constitutional concerns helped tank a bill Tuesday in the South Dakota House of Representatives that aimed to ban payments to petition circulators in ballot measure campaigns.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 28 Jan. 2026
McVay highlighted a batch of about 7,000 petitions that were deemed valid that were collected by circulators suspected of fraud.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Those options include 13 local bus routes, six free Orbit circulator shuttle buses and the Valley Metro Streetcar that features nine light rail stops, according to the City of Tempe.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Cuestas said the development incorporates climate-resilient and health-focused design features, including a three-year public transit circulator, EV infrastructure, and beyond-LEED and Title 24 building standards to ensure strong indoor air quality.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Constitutional concerns helped tank a bill Tuesday in the South Dakota House of Representatives that aimed to ban payments to petition circulators in ballot measure campaigns.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 28 Jan. 2026
McVay highlighted a batch of about 7,000 petitions that were deemed valid that were collected by circulators suspected of fraud.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Those options include 13 local bus routes, six free Orbit circulator shuttle buses and the Valley Metro Streetcar that features nine light rail stops, according to the City of Tempe.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Cuestas said the development incorporates climate-resilient and health-focused design features, including a three-year public transit circulator, EV infrastructure, and beyond-LEED and Title 24 building standards to ensure strong indoor air quality.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circulator
Noun
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Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Federal prosecutors in Alabama secured an 11-count indictment accusing the organization of paying millions of dollars to some of those undercover informants and hiding the real purpose of the payments from its donors.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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As Ballmer sees it, Sanberg agreed to cooperate in exchange for the league submitting a favorable sentencing letter to Judge Wilson, and thus he shouldn’t be regarded as a credible informant.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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However, the gossip proved to be false because Chastain never even filmed a cameo.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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What’s more, the proliferation of gossip handles like Deux Moi and fan accounts like ClubChalamet mean that doubling down on a parasocial fixation can be a legitimate career path, and a profitable one at that.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Circulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circulator. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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