How to Use change hands in a Sentence

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• Trophy properties here tend to change hands behind the scenes.
  — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• The Coyote has changed hands a couple of times, but remains a throwback.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 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
• Jiffy Lube—maybe the single most recognizable oil-change name in the country—just changed hands.
  — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 23 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
• This is the latest owner for the Donald Pliner brand, which has changed hands several times over the years.
  — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• 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
• Economists predicted up to $84 trillion in assets could change hands over 20 years as boomers die and pass on their wealth.
  — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 July 2026
• Following the index inclusion, some of this money will change hands from these tactical investors to the passive ones, experts said.
  — Priyanka Salve,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
• Groceries, restaurant meals, delivery orders and drive-through runs all throw off a timestamped record of what changed hands and where, sitting on a server that belongs to somebody.
  — John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
• Knowing that San Gaetano would soon change hands, my aunt and I had come for the fig sprouts, hoping to preserve some sweetness of this place in our own homes.
  — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 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
• Apple’s Declared Age Range API lets the operating system attest to a broad age range, with no birthdate and no document changing hands.
  — Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 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
• Bella Saratoga is not changing hands, says owner Clyde Zaya, who has operated the place since 2007 with his business partner Claudio Nicosia.
  — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 12 July 2026
• 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
• During the first six months of 2026, 34 homes priced above 15 million pounds (about $20 million) changed hands across the British capital, according to a new report from Beauchamp Estates.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
• Research from the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility found that many otherwise viable businesses close rather than change hands because owners wait too long to prepare for succession or a sale.
  — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
• The film folds a police procedural into a much larger political canvas, tracking the British colonial government, the Hong Kong police, a powerful business dynasty and the criminal underworld as the territory changes hands.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2026
• Cerulli Associates projects that $124 trillion will change hands in the United States through 2048, with $105 trillion flowing to heirs and $18 trillion to charity.
  — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 22 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
• Jonathan Parker, an MIT Sloan School of Management professor of financial economics, said that how assets—in this case businesses—change hands can sometimes offer illumination of broader economic patterns.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026