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Recent Examples of commutation Local law enforcement officials early this year scrambled to obtain information about the commutation in January. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2025 For example, Trump granted a commutation to Philip Esformes, a Florida health care executive convicted in 2019 of a $1.3 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme. Brett Kelman, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 However, Kelly is seeking a pardon or sentence commutation from President Donald Trump after alleging in an emergency filing that three officials with the Bureau of Prisons plotted his murder. Caroline Blair, People.com, 17 June 2025 Oyer said Trump's commutation of restitution payments is without precedent. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for commutation
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exchange
Noun
  • The Department of Justice has quietly walked back aggressive prosecutions, signalling that builders of non-custodial protocols aren’t the same as operators of centralized exchanges.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • During the trial, after Cardi took the stand to deliver her testimony, several of her impassioned exchanges with the plaintiff's lawyer, Ron Rosen Janfaza, went viral due to her unfiltered, expletive-laced responses and animated expressions, including eye rolls and shrugs.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Commutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commutation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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