Thesaurus results for EXCHANGES

exchanges 1 of 2

noun

plural of exchange

as in swaps

a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another exchanges of commemorative pins are common among Olympic athletes

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as in conversations

talking or a talk between two or more people we had a brief exchange with the pastor as we passed him on the way out of church

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exchanges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of exchange

as in trades

to give up (something) and take something else in return I'd like to exchange this sweater for one in a larger size

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Recent Examples of exchanges

Noun

Alongside the sharp exchanges about Section 702, lawmakers are also debating whether to introduce new restrictions on the government’s ability to purchase data from third-party data brokers. —

Jared Perlo, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026 Both sides had great chances in the early exchanges. —

Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 More than 220 pages of emails between PCSD officials and the show's producers show behind-the-scenes exchanges in the creation of a reality show featuring a sheriff's department that would soon become a household name as the Guthrie case played out. —

Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Gunmen entered Kidal, taking control of some neighborhoods and leading to exchanges of fire with the army, a former mayor of the town told the AP over the phone. —

CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026 Other videos in the northern towns of Kidal and Gao showed gunfire exchanges in the streets, with dead bodies lying on the ground. —

Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 Gunmen entered the northeastern city of Kidal, taking control of some neighborhoods and leading to gunfire exchanges with the army, a former mayor of Kidal told AP over the phone. —

ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026 The forum’s format emphasized brief and timed answers rather than candidate exchanges. —

Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026 And digital players that offer search or even AI exchanges will be looking to siphon away TV’s ad haul. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026

Verb

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 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 The group exchanges little looks. —

Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026 Bessent insists the rescue isn’t a bailout because under the currency swap agreement Argentina exchanges pesos for dollars. —

John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 Miami field goal After each team exchanges punts, Miami’s Carter Davis kicks a 41-yard field goal to get UM back within four of Louisville. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025 Tole works for a company that exchanges commercial frying oil and was parked in a loading dock area of a hotel. —

Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025 Though The Wrong Paris exchanges the City of Lights for the Lone Star State, that doesn't stop Dawn from falling for Trey (Pierson Fodé), The Honeypot bachelor that the other girls are vying for. —

Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025 Legislators and lobbyists in suits chat with families while a city councilman exchanges first-name pleasantries with constituents, young and old, in line. —

Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025

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Noun

On Friday, swaps markets reflected around a 40% chance of a reduction by then, rising from about 20% after the Justice Department dropped its investigation into the Fed.

— Michael MacKenzie, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
Designed for high-traffic service roles, the modular robot features reconfigurable faces and body panels for rapid character swaps.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026