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circulation desk

American  
[sur-kyuh-lay-shuhn desk] / ˌsɜr kjəˈleɪ ʃən ˈdɛsk /

noun

  • circulation desks
    plural
  1. in a library, the desk at which you can take out or return items.


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The odd thing was where she chose to declare it — in the office behind the circulation desk, where she brought me to speak in private.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Enamored of the title, he began swinging by the circulation desk every few weeks to ask whether he was still “number one.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023

The 39-year-old has a master’s degree in library science from a top-ranked school, years of experience working the circulation desk in a Boston library, and an IQ of 145.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2017

Booe said the Boise main library’s large circulation desk will likely be removed later this year.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2015

They finished, left the cans on a shelf, and took a few books to the circulation desk.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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