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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.

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Trump tokens in circulation are currently worth a total of around $2.5bn.

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The last Labour government started issuing the first ID cards to UK citizens and 15,000 were in circulation when the scheme was scrapped by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in 2011 and the database destroyed.

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Better product design, recycling and reuse of metals already in circulation, urban mining and other “circular” economy initiatives can vastly reduce the need for new sources of metals, said Matthew Gianni, co-founder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

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The Cabinet Office will order departments to freeze almost all of the around 20,000 cards in circulation this week, with a strict new application process aiming to cut the number by 50%.

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Gupreet's trucking company was among the cash-dependent small businesses that were badly hit when the Indian government withdrew 86% of the currency in circulation with four hours notice.

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