How to Use circuit in a Sentence

circuit

1 of 2 noun
  • It takes a year for the Earth to make one circuit around the sun.
  • There was no real awards circuit like this.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This will be their first encounter on the high school circuit.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
  • In too many places, for too long, that circuit has been broken.
    — Jeffery Marino, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
  • Mescal and Abrams are no strangers to the red carpet circuit.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Food, as always in Austin, is part of the circuit.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This week was a busy one in the celebrity beauty circuit.
    — Essence, 12 Jan. 2026
  • What makes this circuit unlike any other in the area?
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The film will soon be on the festival circuit.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • Or at least [the films] did the festival circuit at the same time.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Fall brings the end of the film festival circuit.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • On the circuit, none of that anxiety is present.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Repeat the circuit for two to three total rounds.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Her push carried over to the media circuit.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All were on the party circuit this weekend.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Are the same neural circuits at work when a human and a frog both choose the same call?
    — Logan S. James, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Now, having ticked off the red carpet circuit.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 May 2026
  • This woman is on the lecture circuit.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Why can we not be connected to some of those stable circuits?
    — CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Repeat the circuit for two total rounds.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
  • For now, the film is on a run through the summer and fall festival circuit.
    — William Earl, Variety, 19 May 2026
  • Who else will make an appearance on the party circuit this year?
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Stone says the decision to add more races to the circuit isn’t off the table.
    — Ben Goggin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Grand Slam circuit was a bit of a struggle for her this year.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This spring, phase two of the spa means the launch of a hydrotherapy circuit.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The fault shunts extra current to some parts of the circuit, shorting it out.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2023
  • This can lead to circuit overloads and the potential for fires.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time Chance has done the anniversary circuit.
    — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
  • Ripa has sat next to a slew of guest hosts on the on-air audition circuit over the years.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Each athlete does the circuit twice, and the fastest finishers take the medal.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026

circuit

2 of 2 verb
  • Short-circuiting that process won’t help get new projects built.
    — Michael Laris, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
  • There were times the computers on the phone lines were short-circuiting a bit.
    — Teresa Dixon Murray, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • But the way the deal was done has short-circuited the democratic process.
    — Jason Hayes, WSJ, 22 June 2018
  • At first glance, evidence abounds that market forces have short-circuited on all counts.
    — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The blunder short-circuited what looked to be a budding rally.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • This build-up, known as lithium dendrite, can short-circuit the battery and shorten its life.
    — University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Double-play grounders quickly short-circuited the first and second.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2019
  • Race these days is a kind of mental high-voltage power surge that is short-circuiting people’s minds.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
  • But the peak moments came and went, often within a phrase or two, a confab that felt short-circuited at times.
    — Martin Wisckol, Orange County Register, 11 June 2017
  • The offense, meanwhile, had short-circuited on too many drives because of penalties and turnovers.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Research has also shown that a change in mindset can re-circuit the brain to handle stress more efficiently.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • His rapid rise was short-circuited with an injury that robbed him of the feel-good ending in the run to the national championship.
    — Austin Ward, ajc, 1 Dec. 2017
  • She's dragged the whole country into this and short-circuited a process the rest of us are vested in and not bothered to explain herself?
    — Fox News, 21 Sep. 2018
  • The first inning was short-circuited when Matt Kemp grounded into a double play.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 3 May 2018
  • One escaped through her hospital window and the other short-circuited the electronic lock to her room.
    — Fox News, 1 Mar. 2020
  • That will short-circuit an offense’s ability to put early pressure on opponents.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 June 2021
  • Pedroia appeared in six games this season before his comeback was short-circuited by persistent knee pain.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Carroll’s appointment, however, is said to have short-circuited that process.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 18 June 2018
  • Bailey's senior season was short-circuited by a knee injury (14 tackles, two for loss, one sack in four starts).
    — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 25 Apr. 2020
  • The Chiefs could have used him on the ensuing drive, when a crucial sack on third and 10 short-circuited the comeback.
    — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Seven Stars circuits the island of Kyushu over four days and three nights, with stops at onsens, shrines, and more cultural sites.
    — Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
  • In each, the electrical system that maintains a regular heartbeat had been short-circuited.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Some call it timeless, but others worry that in the world of quick-circuiting online trends, color drenching might be a regrettable move.
    — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The rover short-circuited while drilling at Telegraph Peak in early 2015, losing a few days for repairs.
    — Avi Selk, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2018
  • The Falcons still managed to drive the ball down to the Liberty 10 before a sack and a penalty short-circuited the progress.
    — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Unfortunately, the strain of having every burner and the oven on at the same time short-circuited the overworked appliance, and their cooking was ground to a halt.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • So a talented freshman Democrat was forced to resign from the Senate, and democracy was short-circuited.
    — Elizabeth Drew, New Republic, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The film, which has cleaned up on the film awards circuit this season, also won Oscars for best director, best screenplay and best international feature.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Draymond Green and the Warriors’ defense will surely throw the kitchen sink at Aldridge in hopes of short-circuiting the Spurs’ attack.
    — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Once the tumor’s cloaking mechanism was short-circuited by the drug, the man’s immune system had no trouble targeting the foreign proteins on the cancer cells.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 8 June 2017

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