circulation

CEFRB1

/ˌsɜː(ɹ).kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/

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Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.

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The newspaper has a large circulation.
The new bills will come into circulation next Friday.
June 1 2016, Karen Roberts in the Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals - The Broad Street Years The reputation and circulation of the paper continued to grow, and the board decided a new custom-built base was required for both the Press and Journal and Evening...

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Print circulation across the top 50 US magazines fell 5% year-on-year.
2025 March 7, Bron Maher, “Top 50 magazines in the US: The Atlantic is fastest growing title in second half of 2024”, in Press-Gazette
For example, by changing the use of existing rooms, removing or replacing unsightly features, clearing obstacles to easy circulation, rearranging direction signs and generally introducing as much order as possible, most outdated station buildings can be made reasonably efficient and attractive.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252
In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]
1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2

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From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio. Morphologically circulate + -ion.