Thesaurus results for COMMUTES

commutes 1 of 2

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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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

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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

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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.

— 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

Many clinics recommend leaving enough time for at least one post-procedure check before returning home, so travel plans should be discussed before booking flights.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
A number of test flights have already been conducted with full-scale surrogate aircraft.

— Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of flights

Verb

But beyond the main section of the park, Hiddn in Addo offers a different kind of safari, one that swaps the adrenaline of game drives for the restorative power of nature.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Then Anna fails Room 7 and winds up back in Room 8, where Becca swaps the players’ table positions, so Ify reads the win condition as well and leaves.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 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

Toyota trades only modestly above the peers, but that premium is justified by stronger margins, superior scale and a massive buyback program.

— Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Front Beach is close enough to downtown for an easy swim between meals, while Halibut Point State Park, a short drive away, trades village charm for granite quarries.

— Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

Definition of trades

Noun

And while this author might be hung up on the obstacles Odysseus encounters, his travels are not without pleasure and thrill.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
The most notable travels were by Faxian and Xuanzang, two Chinese Buddhist monks who undertook arduous journeys to India to learn more about the region and its culture.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026

Definition of travels

Verb

This approach substitutes information for sensation, and reduces both human and supra-human experiences to the level of data.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
So Tuchel, who always substitutes his wingers after roughly an hour, decided to withdraw Gordon and bring on an extra defender, Ezri Konsa.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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