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At a time when even the largest American newspapers rarely had circulations exceeding 2,000, over 100,000 copies of “Common Sense” flew from patriot presses by mid-April and reached some 500,000 by 1778.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

As the world heats unevenly, this causes changes in the atmospheric circulations that steer storms across the planet.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

The code has been applied to a wide range of problems, from modeling the dynamics inside individual cells, to ocean and atmospheric circulations.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

In 1985 he began a climb to newspapers with larger newspaper circulations, taking a job as the Mariners beat writer for the now-defunct Bellevue Journal-American.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

I find that the problem of circulations is a difficult one.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland