in circulation

1. Also, into circulation. In business or social life, especially after a period of absence. For example, After a month in the hospital Bill was eager to get back in circulation. The antonym is out of circulation, as in Since we had twins we've been out of circulation, but we're hoping to get out more often soon. These expressions, dating from the first half of the 1900s, employ circulation in the sense of “making the rounds among people,” a usage dating from the 1600s.

Example Sentences

A more secure way of people proving their identity might reduce illegal working, and avoid the proliferation of fake documents in circulation.

From BBC

This could possibly be supplemented by the Treasury’s temporary purchase of Argentine government bonds, likely payable in dollars, whether newly issued or already in circulation.

From Salon

And by blocking the virus’s replication, it reduces the amount of spike protein in circulation, actually having the opposite effect.

From Salon

Around 15,000 were in circulation when the scheme was scrapped by the coalition government in 2011, and the database destroyed.

From BBC

There are reportedly no reproductions among the 700,000 antiques in circulation, all funneled from a 26,000-square-foot warehouse in Lebanon, Tennessee.

From Salon

Related Words

• modern 
• ongoing 
• present 
• prevailing