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in circulation
Idioms and Phrases
Also, into circulation . In business or social life, especially after a period of absence. For example, After a month in the hospital Bill was eager to get back in circulation . The antonym is out of circulation , as in Since we had twins we've been out of circulation, but we're hoping to get out more often soon . These expressions, dating from the first half of the 1900s, employ circulation in the sense of “making the rounds among people,†a usage dating from the 1600s.Example Sentences
Better product design, recycling and reuse of metals already in circulation, urban mining and other “circular†economy initiatives can vastly reduce the need for new sources of metals, said Matthew Gianni, co-founder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.
The Cabinet Office will order departments to freeze almost all of the around 20,000 cards in circulation this week, with a strict new application process aiming to cut the number by 50%.
Gupreet's trucking company was among the cash-dependent small businesses that were badly hit when the Indian government withdrew 86% of the currency in circulation with four hours notice.
Remarkably few of these old-world venues remain in circulation — there are only a handful in America — although they are much revered in Europe, where it is much more common to stumble across one.
The broadcast of the FireAid benefit concert, which took place Jan. 30 at Inglewood’s Intuit Dome and Kia Forum, will stay in circulation on multiple platforms.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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