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
Over the years, Kim has worked in the areas of prison reform and clemency advocacy, helping the likes of Chris Young and Alice Marie Johnson to see their sentences commuted.
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Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Bush commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but refused Cheney’s request to pardon him.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Weeks later, in January 2001, Clinton commuted Reynolds’s federal sentence for campaign and bank fraud charges.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Trump on Friday commuted Santos’ sentence with what included bluntly, crassly partisan reasoning.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
But many Republicans, including those who led calls for Santos to be expelled from the House, aren’t happy about his sentence being commuted, The Hill’s Emily Brooks reports in her newsletter, The Movement, later this morning.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
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.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 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
Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Bush commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but refused Cheney’s request to pardon him.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Weeks later, in January 2001, Clinton commuted Reynolds’s federal sentence for campaign and bank fraud charges.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Trump on Friday commuted Santos’ sentence with what included bluntly, crassly partisan reasoning.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
But many Republicans, including those who led calls for Santos to be expelled from the House, aren’t happy about his sentence being commuted, The Hill’s Emily Brooks reports in her newsletter, The Movement, later this morning.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
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.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commuted
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The pain of the US government shutdown deepened Sunday as flight cancellations piled up and politicians exchanged blame over the funding stalemate.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The color of the aurora depends on which gas is being excited by the electrons and on how much energy is being exchanged, NASA said.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Desiree swapped her Amazon hooks for the Glenn Towel Bar from Ethnik Living after one of her bath sheets pulled a hook clean off the wall.—
Jasmine Desiree,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
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For its return in 2022, New Balance swapped out the sole unit with that of the 860v2.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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In August, the Cowboys traded the star edge-rusher to the Packers, with Green Bay signing Parsons a massive four-year, $188 million dollar extension.—
Anne Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Each side accused the other of starting the latest border flare-up and traded blame for the clashes.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Nuno had criticised his side’s lack of bite last month, and while Potts does not shy away from the physical side — winning the most duels (seven) in the game, despite being substituted after 62 minutes with a dead leg — his anticipation usually removes the need for tackles in the first place.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Silvetti picked up a yellow card in the 69th minute and was later substituted for by Yannick Bright in the 74th minute as Miami looked to bolster its defense for the final stretch of the game.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Over time, from edition to edition, the aesthetic of its illustrations changed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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This loss had to be especially tough for the Jayhawks, considering a controversial holding call on KU changed the momentum of the game.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Commuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commuted. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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