How to Use recirculate in a Sentence

recirculate

verb
  • The dinners were seen as a way to recirculate that money among the team.
    Priya Krishna, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • And some overhead vents merely recirculate the air back into a room.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2023
  • If your system has a fresh air intake, set the system to recirculate mode or close the outdoor intake damper.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 July 2023
  • Most ductless fans that recirculate air back into your kitchen have a filter of some kind.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Many hoods only recirculate the air around your home, doing next to nothing.
    Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Start the vehicle's engine and set the heater to defrost and adjust the airflow to recirculate, AAA suggests.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Clips of the duet have recirculated on TikTok with some users replying with stitched videos.
    Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Run the air conditioner and set air to recirculate to reduce smoke.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2023
  • For those who prefer a recirculating option that doesn’t require ducting, this is the best range hood.
    Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • The canals in the Venetian Resort recirculate their water, which does come from Colorado River.
    Stephanie Elam, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • That's because the near-two acres of water will recirculate and get filtered every eight hours, so the same water is constantly reused.
    Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2020
  • High pressure will build over the area, and the smoke will recirculate under that high pressure through Tuesday, leading to a prolonged period of heavy smoke.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Most bile salts will be reabsorbed later on at the end of the small intestine, recirculating them for reuse.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 July 2023
  • Some runoff is evaporated, but much is used to cool the building’s power plant or is recirculated throughout the building.
    Ben Ryder Howe, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Dishwashers filter and recirculate water many times throughout a cycle, and some even add more water and time depending on how dirty the load is.
    Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 9 Mar. 2021
  • These manmade structures allow water to pass over their top, which creates a recirculating current below the dam that can hold and drown even the strongest of swimmers.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 22 Feb. 2024
  • This device, about the size of a refrigerator, acts as a lung to remove the carbon-dioxide waste product from the blood and replace it with oxygen and then as a heart to recirculate the oxygenated blood back through the body.
    New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Sullivan said the splash pad was not built to recirculate its water, something the city is considering making changes to allow.
    al, 28 June 2022
  • Every multi-purpose mower has some means to control clippings and whether they are kept recirculating under the deck (mulching), discharged out the side or into a bag.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
  • The events, which are typically free, are designed to recirculate or upcycle clothing that’s been pre-loved.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Fans and air conditioners work in different ways: Air conditioners remove heat from the air inside your home, then cool the air and recirculate it.
    Amber Nolan, Treehugger, 10 July 2023
  • Counterintuitively, that means your body has to work harder when walking to recirculate the leg into its next step.
    Katrina Miller, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Meanwhile, 3,000+ people shared photos and Tate has been sure to recirculate some of them in solidarity.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Both are recirculating splash pads; similar to public pools, the water is sanitized and reused.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
  • But most have yet to tackle what could be another important safety measure — changes to the systems that keep the stores hot and cold, and that can potentially recirculate air carrying the virus.
    Charles Riley, CNN, 13 Aug. 2020
  • While it's still being tested for efficacy, Celliant fibers have shown the ability to absorb body heat and recirculate it back into the body in the form of infrared energy.
    Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 May 2023
  • The systems at Independence Park and Vintage Park recirculate the water.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 June 2021
  • Mosenifar recommends that residents use an air filter in their home or set their air conditioner to recirculate the air.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • When there is high humidity, they are set to recirculate drier indoor air to prevent unhealthy black mold from growing on the walls — but battling the coronavirus requires fresh air.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • In their homes, people should use good quality air filters, keep windows shut, and set air conditioners to recirculate air rather than drawing it from outdoors.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023

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