recirculate

verb

re·cir·cu·late (ˌ)rē-ˈsər-kyə-ˌlāt

recirculated; recirculating; recirculates

: to circulate or cause to circulate again

According to the organization, between two and four times more money recirculates in the local community when people shop at small businesses.—

Christina Hepner

The system will recirculate 99 percent of the water that enters the tanks …—

Nick McCrea

: to circulate continuously

Along a slope, a peaceful water feature surrounded by rocks offers the tranquil sounds of water recirculating between two ponds.—

Kelli Adanick

He uses an American Hydroponics system that recirculates water and nutrients through the plants' root systems, allowing them to grow without soil.—

Alana Melanson

Examples of recirculate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Most of them flow from merchants to consumers' spare change jars, never to recirculate again. —

Kyle Stokes, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024 The peplum top trend recirculated with many runways from brands such as Brandon Maxwell, Jil Sander, Tory Burch, and more. —

Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 July 2024 Clips of that moment, cemented in pop culture history, have recirculated on platforms like Reddit and Tik Tok. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024 Instead these ACs simply recirculate stale, virus-laden air inside a room. —

Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for recirculate

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