How to Use change hands in a Sentence

change hands

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  • Trophy properties here tend to change hands behind the scenes.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Teams thus have less incentive to preserve cap space for free agency since stars aren't as likely to change hands that way.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • With that final judgment, millions of dollars changed hands as the trade finalized.
    Jon Sarlin, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • No money changed hands in the settlement, but Lively was allowed to pursue her motion for fees.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2026
  • While stars aren’t changing hands as frequently via free agency anymore, teams can still make impactful signings.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Democrats have targeted the district as a prime pick-up opportunity, given that the seat has changed hands in the last two midterm elections.
    Mike Catalini, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • This in-kind exchange generally doesn’t trigger capital gains because the securities change hands without being sold.
    Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
  • When large companies change hands, investment banks deploy teams of analysts to value the business, prepare documentation, and manage the process end to end.
    Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The property changed hands multiple times, leading to the closure of its flagship Rosie O’Grady’s in 2001.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • The property was first established in 1873 and has changed hands numerous times, but has always been an East Hamptons institution.
    Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • What Investors Are Underwriting Public market outcomes are often decided before the ticker changes hands.
    Peter Goldstein, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Moreau Paris, a storied 19th-century French trunkmaker born during the same fizzy era as Louis Vuitton, Goyard and Moynat, is about to change hands — again.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Six million small businesses will change hands over the next decade as baby boomers retire, representing up to $5 trillion in enterprise value, according to a McKinsey analysis published earlier this year.
    Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The 40 mm model is changing hands for around $34,700 (30,399 pounds) as of now; when new, the watch is priced from $42,700, depending on the dial color.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 July 2026
  • And Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker and Jimmy Butler all changed hands in 2019 either via free agency or sign-and-trade.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • After the Johnsons divorced, ownership of their business changed hands a number of times before a majority African American investment ​firm acquired the business in 2009 from Procter & Gamble.
    Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • Over the centuries, Chapter House changed hands several times, growing and changing until it was eventually purchased by hospitality industry vets Phil and Silvia Baxter in 2021, who have been lovingly, methodically updating it since.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • The backstory Over the last 25 years, Kanuhura has changed hands three times, from a One & Only to a Sun Resort to its current incarnation as the second Six Senses in the Maldives, partnering with Six Senses Laamu.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026

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