as in exchanges
to give up (something) and take something else in return
commuting foreign currency to domestic
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Recent Examples of commutes
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
Nayabu, 43, commutes about four hours each day to and from his tech job in Santa Clara from Mountain House.
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Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Kerigan Rosado, 29, commutes an hour each way to her job as an administrative office assistant at Central Michigan University.
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Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Somebody who lives in Shawnee but commutes downtown for work, for example, pays the tax, and roughly half its revenue comes from people who live outside the city.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
John Douglass commutes long distances for work and has noticed the higher gas prices.
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Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Van Dyke plays Rob Petrie, an affable television writer who commutes into Manhattan each day from his suburban home in New Rochelle.
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John Glynn,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
This millennial nurse commutes 5,000 miles from Sweden to work at a California hospital.
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Aman Ghei,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
Notably, Abbott is one of the exceedingly rare staffers on Capitol Hill who commutes weekly as a senator does.
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Al Weaver,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
Idaho Statesman,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
Like most of the 50-odd boys on the field, Désir commutes a long distance several days a week to play in peace at Parc Sainte-Thérèse, an arena with artificial turf in the hillside suburb of Pétionville.
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Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
Nayabu, 43, commutes about four hours each day to and from his tech job in Santa Clara from Mountain House.
—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Kerigan Rosado, 29, commutes an hour each way to her job as an administrative office assistant at Central Michigan University.
—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Somebody who lives in Shawnee but commutes downtown for work, for example, pays the tax, and roughly half its revenue comes from people who live outside the city.
—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
John Douglass commutes long distances for work and has noticed the higher gas prices.
—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Van Dyke plays Rob Petrie, an affable television writer who commutes into Manhattan each day from his suburban home in New Rochelle.
—
John Glynn,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
This millennial nurse commutes 5,000 miles from Sweden to work at a California hospital.
—
Aman Ghei,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
Notably, Abbott is one of the exceedingly rare staffers on Capitol Hill who commutes weekly as a senator does.
—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
Plus, Compass counted 32 days where these commutes took at least 30% longer than the average commute for the year.
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Idaho Statesman,
13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commutes
Verb
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Thomas regularly exchanges texts and Instagram messages with Alex’s mother, Leah, in Perth, while enjoying the company of his father, Damien, a former Australian rules football player, when the Condons travel stateside.
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To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.
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In the Baltic States, 85% of civilian flights in Estonia have been affected by GPS disruption stemming from the war in Ukraine.
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According to Nigerian officials, 632 Nigerians have been repatriated out of the more than a thousand Nigerians who have registered for the voluntary repatriation and more flights are expected in coming days.
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In the new Prime Video series, Lexi Minetree plays the iconic character, who must adapt to a new high school as her family swaps Bel-Air for dreary Seattle.
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This summery twist on the decadent Italian dessert swaps out espresso and marsala for homemade berry syrup and fruit liqueur.
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If cooking dinner every night feels repetitive and exhausting, online grocery delivery is your ultimate solution to simplify weekly meal planning, eliminate stressful trips to the store and get fresh ingredients brought straight to your door.
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Even short trips require a lot of stuff, with multiple outfit changes a day a certainty.
Verb
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Fundamentals eBay trades at a discount to the industry while delivering stronger profitability than peers.
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The engineer built an agent that trades BNB sell signals, picked mainnet and connected a third-party model.
Noun
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The fabric is easy to wipe down if something leaks or spills (a common occurrence during my travels).
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In Judges 19 a Levite and his concubine stop in their travels in Gibeah in the land of the tribe of Benjamin.
Verb
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Finally, because Helms-Burton gave presidents power to block these suits, the majority concluded that this mechanism substitutes for the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act rather than coexisting with it.
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No program substitutes for that.
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Private-jet travel with a choice of formats, from regional jaunts to multi-continent itineraries, gives Abercrombie & Kent an edge over the competition.
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Day hikes range from easy jaunts like the Grand Wash to strenuous routes like Cassidy Arch and the Chimney Rock Loop.
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“Commutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commutes. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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