circulation figure

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meaningsofcirculationandfigure

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circulation
noun
uk
/ˌsɜː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɝː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
the process in which something such as information, money, or goods passes from one person ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofcirculationandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcirculation figure

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Thecirculationfigurefor each issue is 65,000.
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It would seem that what is intended is what is normally called, in the newspaper industry, the netcirculationfigureper issue, taken on a six-monthly average.
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Widely read throughout the globe due to its successful website, as well as a large localcirculationfigure.
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The newspaper claims acirculationfigureof 11,438.
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Itscirculationfigureas of 2010 is around 63,000.
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During the war newspaper sales had to be pegged to the pre-warcirculationfigurewhich was in excess of 78,000 copies a night.
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The currentcirculationfigureof the daily is 11,300.
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The collection has approximately 497,000 items on file, with an annualcirculationfigureof more than one million.
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Its weeklycirculationfigureis advertised as 23,000 copies.
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If a magazine is not meeting the needs of its audience, for example, it soon goes out of business as its circulation figures drop.
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Circulation figures for the most popular journals and daily newspapers might reach 200,000.
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Circulation figures are a matter of some dispute but between them these papers probably had a circulation of at least 25,000 copies.
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Thecirculationfigurein 2011 was 16,675.
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Their dailycirculationfigureis 11,000.
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Media coverage of issues escalates the problem, with sensational reporting used as a mechanism of economic self-interest, designed to increase ratings and circulation figures.
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Whatever the circulation figures are, they should be multiplied by four.
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I do not believe that it achieved anything like the circulation figures for which it hoped and which were necessary for its viability.
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This takeover has an effect on the circulation figures, but the title in question is a new one that has been recently established.
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I think there is no reason to assume that large circulation figures will necessarily be the thing of the future.
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