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

Oil can be bought and sold through futures, options, swaps, forward arrangements and physical-market transactions.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The 9th Circuit ruling conflicts with a 3rd Circuit decision against New Jersey, which found that sports wagers on prediction markets are swaps.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of swaps

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Bonta added that the state is in communication with Snap, and is pursuing conversations with TikTok, with hopes that YouTube will also come to the table.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 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

Large trucks were involved in 5,218 fatal crashes in 2024, up 30% over the past decade, according to National Safety Council data.

— Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
As self-driving vehicles spread across the country, a major California labor union is taking a stand against state regulators who say autonomous trucks are ready for the road.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of trucks

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Republican lawmaker Carl DeMaio of San Diego has vocalized his opposition in discussions of the bill, criticizing the idea of providing funding to outlets that make political endorsements.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
The study begins as international discussions around maritime nuclear technology gather pace.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 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

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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