as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return
commuting foreign currency to domestic
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Recent Examples of commuted
She was nonetheless convicted of bank robbery and sentenced to seven years in prison, though her sentence was later commuted by President Jimmy Carter and she was pardoned by President Bill Clinton in 2001.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Because Santos’ sentence was commuted, he will be released from prison but his convictions will remain on his record.
—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Trump commuted Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence during his first term.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Matthiessen contextualizes their demands within the history of colonial violence, and persuasively argues for the release of Peltier, who spent nearly fifty years behind bars before his sentence was commuted to house arrest by President Joe Biden, this past January.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
That portion was commuted to time served, and he was placed on 15 years of probation.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
When his prison sentence was commuted in December 2024, he was still licensed.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Displaced from Chase Center after the arena was double-booked for the Valkyries’ first-ever home playoff game, Golden State instead commuted down the Peninsula to the South Bay, attempting to export the Ballhalla mystique to SAP Center.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Nowadays, these routes and addresses can sometimes call to my mind the Camino Real—the old Spanish road lost and buried but commuted upon daily—or that mythic expanse of the Mediterranean where Odysseus lost his way and people live and work to this day.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Because Santos’ sentence was commuted, he will be released from prison but his convictions will remain on his record.
—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Trump commuted Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence during his first term.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Matthiessen contextualizes their demands within the history of colonial violence, and persuasively argues for the release of Peltier, who spent nearly fifty years behind bars before his sentence was commuted to house arrest by President Joe Biden, this past January.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
That portion was commuted to time served, and he was placed on 15 years of probation.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
When his prison sentence was commuted in December 2024, he was still licensed.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Displaced from Chase Center after the arena was double-booked for the Valkyries’ first-ever home playoff game, Golden State instead commuted down the Peninsula to the South Bay, attempting to export the Ballhalla mystique to SAP Center.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Nowadays, these routes and addresses can sometimes call to my mind the Camino Real—the old Spanish road lost and buried but commuted upon daily—or that mythic expanse of the Mediterranean where Odysseus lost his way and people live and work to this day.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commuted
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Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan, and both sides have exchanged cross-border fire.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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In July 2016, Ciara and Wilson exchanged vows during a secret wedding ceremony at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, England.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In one example, Workday swapped in Salesforce Agentforce to replace some third-party agents that the company had deployed from another, unnamed vendor.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Stores have cleared out their spooky decor and swapped it for tinsel and bows, and my shopping senses are tingling.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Jones was drafted to the WNBA in 2016, spending her first seven years in the league with the Connecticut Sun before being traded to the New York Liberty in 2023, so she’s seen the exponential growth of the league first-hand.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Tennessee Titans have traded cornerback Roger McCreary to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, according to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter.—
Evan Dammarell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Cameroonian has been substituted eight times in eight league starts, on three of those occasions at half-time.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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After the recession in 2008, P&G shifted its strategy to create more premium products that couldn’t be easily substituted with cheaper private label versions.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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In 1984, the name was changed to the Amelia Brown Frazier Rehabilitation Center in her honor.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Othmann was outlasted by fellow winger prospects Brett Berard and Gabe Perreault, but apparently something changed between then and now.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Commuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commuted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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