Thesaurus results for EXCHANGES

exchanges 1 of 2

noun

plural of exchange

as in swaps

a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another exchanges of commemorative pins are common among Olympic athletes

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as in conversations

talking or a talk between two or more people we had a brief exchange with the pastor as we passed him on the way out of church

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exchanges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of exchange

as in trades

to give up (something) and take something else in return I'd like to exchange this sweater for one in a larger size

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Recent Examples of exchanges

Noun

Thieriot said the startup is working with about a dozen commodities firms and oil suppliers, including one major trading house, and is in talks with other exchanges and market makers. — Mia Gindis, Fortune, 9 July 2026 SpaceX debuted for trading on the Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas exchanges on June 12. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Anthropic published a report in February claiming other Chinese firms DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax generated 16 million exchanges with Claude through approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts. — Harry Booth, Time, 7 July 2026 Over the ensuing weeks, some other top exchanges also tweaked their rules. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 July 2026 Commercial aerospace, credit rating agencies, global exchanges and payment networks all exhibit this geometry. — Anil Chintapalli, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Watching for artist-specific fan verification, using official face-value exchanges when available and steering clear of inflated resale listings remain the best defenses against a system still tilted toward bots. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 Short exchanges go smoother when your tone stays friendly and your requests are easy to follow. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026 The resulting arguments, trolling and nasty exchanges can signal to the algorithm that the content is engaging, prompting it to show those posts to even more people who are likely to react and further amplify the conversation. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

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 Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026 The group exchanges little looks. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026 Bessent insists the rescue isn’t a bailout because under the currency swap agreement Argentina exchanges pesos for dollars. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 Miami field goal After each team exchanges punts, Miami’s Carter Davis kicks a 41-yard field goal to get UM back within four of Louisville. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025 Tole works for a company that exchanges commercial frying oil and was parked in a loading dock area of a hotel. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025 Though The Wrong Paris exchanges the City of Lights for the Lone Star State, that doesn't stop Dawn from falling for Trey (Pierson Fodé), The Honeypot bachelor that the other girls are vying for. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exchanges

Noun

Sant Pol de Mar swaps crowded stretches of sand for quieter coves, whitewashed buildings and a noticeably calmer atmosphere than Barcelona.

— Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
The Raptors agreed to send Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks and pick swaps to the Clippers for Leonard — who spent one season in Toronto, and that was the year the Raptors won their lone title.

— Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of swaps

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Corbin’s friendship with Sincere was put to the test during movie night, which showed a montage of clips from the islander’s private conversations.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 12 July 2026
The show is in high demand, and media buyers say their clients have embraced becoming part of the cultural conversations.

— Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of conversations

Noun

Do not follow large vehicles closely - Large vehicles like trucks or buses can create a spray of water that can reduce your visibility.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2026
There is also persistent speculation that Gazoo Racing could eventually broaden beyond sports cars into high-performance SUVs and trucks, following a path similar to AMG and BMW M.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of trucks

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Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Android in the last seven days.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Kenneth Malin, the West Cedar Creek MUD’s general manager, did not respond to a message requesting comment on the district’s discussions with Diode.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026

Definition of discussions

Verb

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
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.

— Manuel A. Gómez, The Conversation, 25 June 2026

Definition of substitutes

Noun

But accepting that number for the sake of considering trade-offs is useful.

— Pete Harrison, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Ownership means knowing which problems are actually yours to carry, choosing responsibility with clarity, naming the trade-offs and saying when something needs more time, more context or more support.

— Somdutta Singh, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of trade-offs

Verb

The other actor whose presence deeply impacted the production, Nolan reports, is Samantha Morton, mesmerizing as Circe, the goddess who changes Odysseus’ men into swine.

— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
That framing changes the design goal from awareness to state change, helping a user fall asleep faster, calm a stressed nervous system or manage a chronic condition in real time.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026