to recirculate
- verb
- /ˌriːˈsɜːrkjʊleɪt/
- For every $100 at a locally owned business, about $70 recirculates in the local economy when spent in a locally owned independent business, in contrast with only $40 that recirculates for money spent at a chain store.
Examples
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If that bill comes up again, whoever recirculates that cash, no matter where they are in the world, that person can be tracked.
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Writers sometimes lift facts and figures from the most convenient resource without bothering to check further, and the same old misinformation keeps recirculating.
Academic text (2009) -
Other than food, most of what we buy is made outside the country, and the dollars recirculate in their economy, not ours.
Blog text (13) -
If this website gives you a positive experience, please recirculate the energy by sharing a donation.
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For many years, those paper dollars have been spent, but they have not recirculated in the US economy.
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The rumor began to recirculate independent of President Obama's statement that there would be no public ceremony.
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Campaign money from candidates or the super PACs is recirculated among people with the same political aims for loyalty, payola, and bribery.
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After receiving feedback, the director decided to recirculate the updated proposal among team members for further review.
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The organization plans to recirculate the survey results to gather more opinions from the participants.
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To ensure everyone is informed, please recirculate the meeting notes to all staff members.
Synonyms
To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease
To spread information or documents among people
Give news, a message, or something you received to another person
Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email
Make information spread among many people
Send something again, usually a message or file
To send or broadcast something again, for example by radio
To post something again so other people can see it
Send a signal out again to reach more places
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Etymology
Recirculate combines re- ('again') and circulate, which comes from the idea of a circle meaning 'around'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of passing a paper or message 'around again', so to recirculate a document is to send or share it once more.