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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 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 Tropical weather experts warn that low-quality forecast data can easily be taken out-of-context during hurricane season, and urge people to be skeptical of weather posts circulating on social media. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 June 2025 Reports that the United States and Argentina had helped in the extraction soon circulated around social media, but these were never confirmed. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025 When dishes are crammed tightly together, water cannot circulate effectively, leading to improper rinsing and more chances for water spotting. Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025 The video was circulated online by social media accounts, many of whom appear to be European and American right-wing profiles that are typically critical of Macron, who used the incident to question his relationship with his wife or to attack his masculinity. Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for circulate
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  • Currently, no other organization has the capacity to coordinate international rapid response efforts, to share medical research and innovation and to disseminate critical intelligence.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • 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.
    Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 30 May 2025
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  • Admiral Dong Jun was rumored to have been under a corruption investigation amid a sweeping purge of high-ranking PLA officers, though latest reports suggest that he’s been cleared.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 June 2025
  • Samsung's Next Folding Phones are Coming Samsung is rumored to announce its next generation of folding phones sometime this summer—the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7—and the company officially confirmed this in a blog post announcing the rollout of the One UI 8 beta program.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 31 May 2025
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  • That’s the message that national weather forecasters, emergency management directors and public officials also are spreading as this year’s Atlantic hurricane season starts today and continues through Nov. 30.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
  • But some storefronts have shuttered as fear has spread, said Marie Jean-Francois, 45, one business owner there.
    Mark Bonamo, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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  • Asking a co-worker a question over lunch or during informal discussions after a meeting can help propagate knowledge.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • These ideas propagate because the internet provides bad actors with a platform to distribute them.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
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  • Croatia is full of stunning places, but one island has become the summer destination people can’t stop whispering about: Hvar.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 28 May 2025
  • So tulips and roses allegedly conveyed passion, peonies whispered shyness, and a white violet or a daisy denoted innocence.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 26 May 2025
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  • Without treatment, the disease eventually kills the corals, and their soft tissue falls off, revealing the white calcium carbonate skeleton below.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
  • Beyond the To-Do List Host Erik Fisher interviews productivity experts and practitioners, revealing the real-world tactics that help people achieve their goals and get things done.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

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