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verb

present tense third-person singular of commute
as in exchanges
to give up (something) and take something else in return commuting foreign currency to domestic

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commutes

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noun

plural of commute
as in flights

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Recent Examples of commutes
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. — 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. — Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commutes
  1. exchanges
  2. flights
  3. swaps
  4. trips
  5. trades
  6. travels
  7. substitutes
  8. jaunts
Verb
  • 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.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of exchanges
Noun
  • From fans around the world trying the Metroplex’s best barbecue to exploring the Fort Worth Stockyards and hopping back on double-digit-hour flights with cowboy hats on, Haaland’s DFW experience encapsulated that completely.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • According to Parsons, this will support the bank’s forecast for four commercial launches this year and 1,588 flights in 2031.
    — Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of flights
Verb
  • As its name suggests, the 9060 Mule trims down the sneaker from its usual height, removes the heel in favor of a backless look with an adjustable support strap and swaps out materials for an even more breathable summertime build.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
  • When the response comes back, the gateway swaps the tokens back with the original real values.
    — Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of swaps
Noun
  • Dos and don’ts for home Keep trips outside the house to a minimum on heavy smoke days.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • After coming up short in his first four trips to the World Cup, Messi could further bolster his greatest-of-all-time résumé with a second championship.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
Definition of trips
Verb
  • Fundamentals Reddit trades at a clear premium to its industry, but the growth and margin profile is in a different league from the broader interactive media group.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • The stock trades roughly 30 percent below its 52-week high after a June that was its worst month in more than 25 years, driven by the fear that $190 billion in annual AI capital spending will never earn a return.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of trades
Noun
  • Their scenic travels will take them to Spain and Monaco, each location introduced with a typographically appropriate title card.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Safe travels, seat neighbor United Airlines will upsell customers to sit in a row with an empty middle seat.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • Spain substitutes Ferran Torres and Mikel Merino capitalised on Portugal’s first real lapse in concentration to score a dramatic stoppage-time winner, but this was a dull watch.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Another way to say this is that, in place of the extensive self-announcements Plato allows his characters, Rochester substitutes his own summary judgements, his sarcastic imitations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of substitutes
Noun
  • Following Sunday’s gig, the tour will have clocked in at 1,165 days (with plenty of days off in between regional jaunts, of course).
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • Private-jet travel with a choice of formats, from regional jaunts to multi-continent itineraries, gives Abercrombie & Kent an edge over the competition.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Definition of jaunts

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