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

In earlier testimony at the Oakland trial, Francesco Fogu, Instagram’s director of product design, had contentious exchanges with the plaintiffs’ lawyer over internal chats and documents shown to the jury. — Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 In his WhatsApp exchanges, Molina appeared eager to help Romo kill members of their gang. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Amateur and professional sports activities and academic exchanges have also been suspended. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 An interception and two fumbles on exchanges by Jones effectively sealed the deal. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 Pueblo’s two syringe exchanges began operating in 2014 and 2017. — Paul Christine, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 In some exchanges, the robots recovered their balance after losing stability and continued playing. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026 Launched in 2023, her app connects users for in-person group activities like yoga and language exchanges, simplifying the process of forming new friendships. — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 In a series of email exchanges starting at the end of July with Levine Cava and Lourdes Gomez, director of the county’s Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources, Rosenberg pointedly asked whether the county approach is the right one. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 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

On Wall Street, the founders observed how institutional investors sought to trade such uncertain binary outcomes as Brexit and the 2016 presidential election through proxies such as swaps, options, and other risk curves.

— Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
In response, the CFTC has said that the Commodity Exchange Act gives it sole power over swaps and futures contracts, preempting state laws.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of swaps

Noun

Those involved in the push to make South Carolina first envisioned the living-room conversations and retail politics long associated with Iowa and New Hampshire.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
By Day 3, jurors who barely acknowledged each other in the courtroom were having quiet, lighthearted conversations during breaks in testimony.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of conversations

Verb

Scalable Capital is opening its investment platform to AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude and Grok—giving European investors the ability to analyze portfolios, set up savings plans and place trades through prompts.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Unlike the James Webb Space Telescope, which trades panoramic views for a narrow field of view to peer deeply into small, specific patches of the sky, Roman is built for scale.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of trades

Noun

In the area between the church and the bay, which is separate from the city park, trucks serve food and coffee.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
The trucks wait until all those in the area are ready before traveling in convoys to packing plants, accompanied by police patrols to prevent robberies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of trucks

Noun

The space station has had a leak on the Russian side for several years, and astronauts recently and briefly sheltered in a Crew Dragon during discussions of a fix.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
However, there are no assurances that this latest set of talks will lead to meaningful negotiations toward a settlement, the Times reported, citing people briefed on the upcoming discussions.

— Ian Thomas, CNBC, 22 Aug. 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

Verb

Set in the 1950s, Juul follows 17-year-old circus acrobat Juul, whose life changes forever after a tragic accident leaves her in a coma and declared brain-dead.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Bringing that kind of creative firepower into both Nateland and No Pictures changes what’s possible for us.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026