out of circulation
idiom
1
: so as to be no longer passing from person to person or place to place
coins that have gone out of circulation
The magazine has been taken out of circulation; it will no longer be sold.
2
: unable to go out socially
He'll be out of circulation for a while after the surgery.
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The mint’s website says banks may return excess coins to the Federal Reserve, which may either redistribute them or take them out of circulation.
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2021
That little happy-birthday dedication would put the Dickies out of circulation for a month, and Leonard would do his next show in a wheelchair.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
For a while, officials hoped high levels of antibodies would drive the virus out of circulation altogether.
—Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
The notes going out of circulation feature Adam Smith, a Scottish economist who wrote a seminal text on capitalism, and the industrialist-inventors Matthew Boulton and James Watt.
—Amy Cheng, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2021
That little happy-birthday dedication would put the Dickies out of circulation for a month, and Leonard would do his next show in a wheelchair.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
For a while, officials hoped high levels of antibodies would drive the virus out of circulation altogether.
—Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
The notes going out of circulation feature Adam Smith, a Scottish economist who wrote a seminal text on capitalism, and the industrialist-inventors Matthew Boulton and James Watt.
—Amy Cheng, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
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“Out of circulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20of%20circulation. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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