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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
Footage of Cole attending a Monkey Kings game circulated on social media on Thursday.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Rumors of liquidation circulated — in the middle of the NBA and NHL seasons — but Main Street has so far been able to stave that off.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
Photos circulated of the pair out together in New York.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
Images from February circulated by the activists match images obtained by the Associated Press on Tuesday through Copernicus, the European climate agency.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Rumors of liquidation circulated — in the middle of the NBA and NHL seasons — but Main Street has so far been able to stave that off.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
Photos circulated of the pair out together in New York.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
Images from February circulated by the activists match images obtained by the Associated Press on Tuesday through Copernicus, the European climate agency.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circulate
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Federal privacy laws require such documents before a federal agency collects or disseminates personal, identifiable information about the public for a new purpose.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, or its parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Better yet, visit at the end of September for the Feile Tilting, a celebration of the Titling community’s irish heritage that culminates in what is rumored to be a pretty raucous shed crawl.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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With SpaceX rumored to go to market with about 5% float, the stock could be in historically tricky territory, Schuster says.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Because this month’s layoffs are not confined to tech and spread across airlines, logistics, food production, healthcare, and more, the overall job market may be entering a recalibration period due to cost pressures and the rise of artificial intelligence.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Starting Wednesday, videos and posters will be plastered in subways and public spaces, spreading awareness about the negative components of what can be a disturbing encounter.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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But when a powerful capability spreads widely, mistakes propagate further and misuse gets cheaper.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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Industry associates whispered to Vanity Fair in 1996 about Mottola adopting shady mobster tactics in his running of Sony, demanding loyalty and allegedly keeping a gun in his briefcase.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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After Tomislav whispered in his ear, reporter Lauren Shehadi asked what his teammate said.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Investigators say that their preliminary findings revealed that the utility truck was turning left from the driveway of the Edison substation on Menifee Road when the collision occurred.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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No date revealed yet for the Hunt-Green merger.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Circulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circulate. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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