commute 1 of 2

as in to exchange
to give up (something) and take something else in return commuting foreign currency to domestic

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noun

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Verb
In fact, an average commute in Rochester will set you back just over 21 minutes. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2025 Without a commute, hallway conversations or walking to meetings, movement often falls off the radar. Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
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Canadians are still commuting to work in southeast Michigan, Czudner said: automotive engineers, IT wizards, the nurses and other medical staffers who kept American emergency rooms open during the pandemic. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 10 Aug. 2025 In 1974, the New York Mets hired her to work in the team’s community relations department, commuting to Shea Stadium every day. Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for commute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commute
Verb
  • Additionally, over 120 jurisdictions now exchange financial data automatically under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
    Anatoly Iofe, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Eleven years later, Jon Hamm exchanged vows with actor Anna Osceola on a cliff near Anderson Canyon at sunset.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • SpaceX redesigns Starship ahead of flight 10 SpaceX also revealed a redesign to Starship earlier in August after the first three test flights of 2025 all ended in dramatic explosions in the sky.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The unveiling of Faro airport in July 1965 opened the floodgates for the first charter flights.
    Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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  • Beijing and Washington have stepped back from their most extreme positions at the height of a trade war in the spring, but maintain onerous tariffs on one another’s imports, and American lawmakers are increasingly calling for heavy oversight of Chinese firms trading on US stock markets.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Its stock will begin trading Thursday on the Nasdaq, under the ticker symbol PSKY.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • How Maxwell's Trump Deal Could Look Maxwell may also pursue presidential clemency—a pardon would clear her conviction, while a commutation would shorten her sentence.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
  • The clemency actions included a blanket pardon for his son Hunter Biden, preemptive pardons for other family members and Trump adversaries, and sweeping commutations for nonviolent drug offenders.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • Stefanski recommends swapping plain Greek yogurt for mayonnaise or sour cream in dips.
    Laura Schober, Health, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The usual solutions to the issue are either picking up a pair of reading glasses, or swapping your daily lenses or contact lenses for bifocals.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lest this story seem a mere nostalgia jaunt, think of it rather as an introduction.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Her long-range autonomy makes her ideal for jaunts to places like Norway, Papua New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • According to reports from The Guardian and the Associated Press, the vice president's security detail from the Secret Service requested that the Army Corps of Engineers change the outflow of a lake into the Little Miami River ahead of Vance's trip to southwest Ohio on Saturday, Aug. 2.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Businesses need to commit rapidly to change to avoid becoming obsolete.
    Adrian Carr, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Neko Case has announced a 2026 tour of North America.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Aug. 2025
  • On June 7, 2024, Rosebank formally opened its doors to the public, with a visitor center, tasting room, and tours of the distillery and its historic warehouses.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Commute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commute. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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