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

On Thursday, Ukraine received the bodies of 252 soldiers as part of ongoing exchanges with Russia, the government agency handling prisoners of war said on Telegram. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 The panelists will discuss the research and writing processes behind the project and the ways archival materials helped reconstruct the artistic exchanges between Havana and New York during the 1940s. — Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 The two sides exchange remains On Thursday, Ukraine received the bodies of 252 soldiers as part of ongoing exchanges with Russia, the government agency handling prisoners of war said on Telegram. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 That debate sparked angry exchanges among different justices, which led Justice Flávio Dino to ask for the review that led to postponing the decision. — Mauricio Savarese, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026 Emphasizing talent development and cultural exchanges, HKDF has gained recognition within the denim industry and design sector. — Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 But African businesses’ record on US exchanges has been shaky. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Some shower him with gifts, urging him to keep the exchanges secret. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2026 With the match set to be played at Fenerbahçe's Istanbul home stadium, Roma players can expect a hostile environment, while neutral fans can expect some heated exchanges. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

Consistency turns individual relationships into a community that exchanges honest advice, surfaces opportunities and helps its members navigate growth. — C200, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exchanges

Noun

Regularly, Facebook and Reddit posts advertise reservation swaps for those whose plans have changed.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
Economists are also keeping a close eye on the credit conditions of the hyperscalers in light of the Wednesday warning on credit default swaps from Apollo.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of swaps

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My good friends Jim Fourmont of the Lamplighters and Bill Miller, who has been a Lamplighter and a Harmonizer, agreed wholeheartedly in my recent conversations with them.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
My conversations and research left me much less shocked at that statistic that had sent chills down my spine a few weeks prior.

— Luba Kassova, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of conversations

Verb

While the offshore Chinese currency trades more freely than the onshore one, it's still largely anchored to the latter, which is managed by the People's Bank of China.

— Lisa Kim, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
As if this weren’t enough for one day, Venus will also make its debut in the secretive and smoldering sign of Scorpio, where the love planet trades light-hearted flirtation for something deeper and way more intense.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of trades

Noun

The lack of a real-time conversation means many patients aren’t getting the type of care recommended by medical societies that prescribe GLP-1s, including discussions about weight-loss goals, past efforts and eating disorders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
But after that, with projections showing OCPS losing thousands more students over the next five years, closure discussions seem inevitable.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of discussions

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

Definition of substitutes

Noun

The answers combine information with judgment about goals, risks, trade-offs and personal circumstances.

— Leo S. Lo, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
The refusal of too many politicians in both parties to make difficult trade-offs, instead choosing to say yes to almost everything, has put the country on its current path toward looming fiscal crises in the 2030s.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026