circulate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point.
are circulating
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present progressiveof circulate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The same rumors that started last summer about schools loading up on transfers are circulating again this summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Meantime, heinous accusations are circulating against prominent people, without any evidence they’re true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Each side sees what it wants in the bystander videos of the confrontation that are circulating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Reports of their complaints last year over renovation plans have also resurfaced, and are circulating widely online.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
Already, Christopher says, four thousand copies of the "Appeal to the Nobility" are circulating through Germany.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
