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recirculate

recirculate verb: to circulate again.

Verb

recirculate (third-person singular simple present recirculates, present participle recirculating, simple past and past participle recirculated)

  1. To circulate again.
    • Ferry says he’s recirculating bones that would otherwise collect dust in someone’s basement and offering valuable services to people who may otherwise never interact with real human bones.2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post
    • It's from last summer, but is recirculating because Talarico is back in the news as he feuds with fellow candidate Jasmine Crockett for the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in March.2026 February 4, John Knox, “ICYMI: This Texas Democrat told Joe Rogan that God is okay with abortion because Mary had the choice to have Jesus 🤡”, in Not the Bee, archived from the original on 13...
    Synonyms:
    recirc

Synonyms of recirculate

Forms of recirculate

third-person singular presentrecirculates
present participlerecirculating
past participlerecirculated
pastrecirculated

Origin of recirculate

From re- + circulate.

Words formed from recirculate

Questions about recirculate

What does recirculate mean?
Recirculate means to circulate again.
What part of speech is recirculate?
Recirculate is a verb.
What is the past tense of recirculate?
The past tense of recirculate is recirculated.

Words near recirculate in the dictionary

  1. recircularizations
  2. recircularize
  3. recircularized
  4. recircularizes
  5. recircularizing
  6. recirculate
  7. recirculated
  8. recirculates
  9. recirculating
  10. recirculation
  11. recirculations

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