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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 rumor
to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired
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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
Open kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate closer to the plumbing.
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Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Foreign powers seeking to influence the outcome — Russia, China and Iran — are circulating fake videos on social media aimed at sowing discord and distrust.
—April Rubin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
For example, a video circulating on social media falsely purports to show a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times in Georgia was blamed on Russians, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Wear compressions socks to keep blood circulating on long flights.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Foreign powers seeking to influence the outcome — Russia, China and Iran — are circulating fake videos on social media aimed at sowing discord and distrust.
—April Rubin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
For example, a video circulating on social media falsely purports to show a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times in Georgia was blamed on Russians, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Wear compressions socks to keep blood circulating on long flights.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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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.Nishant Pant, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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If Trump is reelected, Truth Social could become an increasingly important communication tool, in the way that the former president used Twitter to disseminate policy and other information during his administration.David Goldman, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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These cameras are also rumored to be positioned more centrally within the Dynamic Island, rather than its left corner.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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The film is also rumored to have been snapped up by a major streamer.Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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For example, a $10M bet for an outcome versus $500 spread across multiple small bets could reflect one wealthy trader's position rather than true crowd sentiment.Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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This activity will spread into the East Wednesday night.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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What the pyramid structure implies is that such an experience will propagate down in some way, changing the levels below it.Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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This dynamic—in which a bee feeds on a flower’s nectar and gathers pollen to feed larvae, and also propagates pollen from flower to flower, enabling plant reproduction—was already well established.Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
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The same way that our culture has taught us to whisper about our periods and hide our tampons—despite the fact that our menstrual cycles perpetuate our species—new mothers are culturally guided to hide the more brutal details of childbirth.Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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The faux poster was an alteration to the official Universal Pictures marketing materials in which Elphaba’s full face is on display as Glinda (Ariana Grande) whispers in her ear.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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The care that went into crafting an album that contends with multiple incarnations of Linkin Park reveals a unit with its sights set on conquering arenas and stadiums again.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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An obstacle for testing this idea, however, has been the lack of an age for the rocks to reveal when the right geological circumstances existed for sand injection.Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Circulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circulate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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