as in exchanges
to give up (something) and take something else in return
commuting foreign currency to domestic
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Recent Examples of commutes
Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
Kerigan Rosado, 29, commutes an hour each way to her job as an administrative office assistant at Central Michigan University.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Somebody who lives in Shawnee but commutes downtown for work, for example, pays the tax, and roughly half its revenue comes from people who live outside the city.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
John Douglass commutes long distances for work and has noticed the higher gas prices.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Van Dyke plays Rob Petrie, an affable television writer who commutes into Manhattan each day from his suburban home in New Rochelle.
—John Glynn, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
This millennial nurse commutes 5,000 miles from Sweden to work at a California hospital.
—Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Notably, Abbott is one of the exceedingly rare staffers on Capitol Hill who commutes weekly as a senator does.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Don’t dial in while your team commutes in.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
Nayabu, 43, commutes about four hours each day to and from his tech job in Santa Clara from Mountain House.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
Kerigan Rosado, 29, commutes an hour each way to her job as an administrative office assistant at Central Michigan University.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Somebody who lives in Shawnee but commutes downtown for work, for example, pays the tax, and roughly half its revenue comes from people who live outside the city.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
John Douglass commutes long distances for work and has noticed the higher gas prices.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Van Dyke plays Rob Petrie, an affable television writer who commutes into Manhattan each day from his suburban home in New Rochelle.
—John Glynn, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
This millennial nurse commutes 5,000 miles from Sweden to work at a California hospital.
—Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Notably, Abbott is one of the exceedingly rare staffers on Capitol Hill who commutes weekly as a senator does.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Don’t dial in while your team commutes in.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Plus, Compass counted 32 days where these commutes took at least 30% longer than the average commute for the year.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commutes
Verb
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To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Today guests come not from Rome as the Cité’s founders did, but from across France, northern Spain (the border is just two hours away), England (there are direct Ryanair flights to Carcassonne’s small airport), as well as the US.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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The soldiers trained on both the Bumblebee V1, a small, first-person-view drone that has seen thousands of combat flights in Ukraine, and the newer Bumblebee V2, which has automatic target recognition specifically meant to counter other drones and which has not been deployed yet.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Peet’s character swaps out baggy pants and an oversized sweatshirt for relaxed joggers (similar to this pair at Amazon) and a structured tunic-length pullover like this option from Quince.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Philips 1000 Series Touchscreen Key-free Electronic Deadbolt swaps a standard deadbolt with no wiring required.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Many of his royal relatives have also made memorable trips over the years, with experiences ranging from trying a hot dog for the first time to dancing with actor John Travolta.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The studio version, recorded down in Memphis between trips to Payne’s Bar-B-Q, opens with a guitar that sounds almost eerily humanoid in its yoiyoiyoiyoiyoiy tone.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Now trades again will matter, will have to matter.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Some critics argue that the clean energy transition simply trades one dependency for another, shifting reliance from fossil fuels controlled by unstable actors to supply chains heavily concentrated in China.—
Jennifer Granholm,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For a truly special culinary experience, book a table at fine dining establishment Las Ventanas and let food and beverage manager Erick Orozco take you on a journey through Costa Rican culinary highlights paired with some of the rarest bottles of wine from his travels around the world.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
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The two frequently show each other off on their social media accounts, sharing photos from their travels and events like the Cannes Film Festival.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Agreed, but this bill substitutes the long, painstaking and complex work of fixing California’s troubled insurance market with finger-pointing and posturing.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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Rosenson said that if CRISPR is a scissor that cuts both strands of DNA, base editing is an eraser that substitutes one chemical letter, or base, in a single strand of DNA.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2023, the Milk Carton Kids had another pinnacle moment when creating their own event, the Los Angeles Folk Festival, wanting to bring together the voices behind the treasured musical storyteller tradition in a city often preoccupied with Sunset Strip rock deities and annual jaunts to Coachella.—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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This is the place to organize unforgettable outdoor adventures, from fishing trips and private charter boat excursions to guided jaunts on a traditional Hawaiian sailing canoe.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Commutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commutes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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