circulate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point.
has circulated
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present perfectof circulate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“We’re aware of a recent TikTok video that has circulated widely,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
This isn’t the first time bird flu has circulated in animals, though the outbreak that began in 2024 is certainly the largest documented one.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2024
The brazen facetiousness of such viral posts was central to how Kent’s horror film has circulated within extremely online circles in the years that followed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
Mr Ziegler has circulated embarrassing messages and images from a laptop that once belonged to her husband, who is suing him.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024
Your husband has committed a great crime; he has circulated a pamphlet reviling France and the Emperor of the French in the most outrageous manner.
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
