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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A team at the GSA studying AI has circulated a report to top agency officials that flags Grok’s safety problems, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The group has circulated ideas that include a concrete plant in the Palisades, short-term housing for construction crews and one-way roads to ease congestion.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
Though the avian flu, or H5N1, has circulated among American poultry flocks for years, an outbreak starting in 2022 has wreaked havoc on farms, killing more than 156 million birds and sending egg prices skyrocketing.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 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
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
