exchanges 1 of 2

plural of exchange

exchanges

2 of 2

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
Xi also announced that China will invite 100,000 American youth to come to his country for studies and exchanges in the next five years and that China will send two pandas to the zoo in Atlanta. — Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Five French labels, including Baziszt, Coltesse, Egonlab, Ludovic de Saint Sernin and Mii Collection, will participate in exhibitions, market visits, and exchanges to help the brands better understand China’s retail and consumer ecosystem. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 But Friedlich falters at making those exchanges spark with a sense of the real. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 And Rovell quickly discovered Kobe’s mind was incapable of idling, even during dead-of-night text exchanges. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Netizens posted their exchanges with it, awed by its philosophical depth. — Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026 Oman has long played a quiet role in US-Iran diplomacy, while Qatar has facilitated backchannel negotiations and prisoner exchanges. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 About 760,000 enrollees will be kicked off the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges as part of a review by federal health officials and Vice President JD Vance's anti-fraud task force. — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Those broader credits were extended but later expired at the end of 2025, raising premiums for many covered by ACA exchanges. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 22 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
  • The company also separately filed its own civil suit against James and the New York State Gaming Commission, arguing that states do not have the power to regulate swaps, which prediction markets view their event contracts as.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Lakers sent two unprotected first-round picks and two first-round pick swaps to the Jazz for Kessler and then signed him to a four-year, $130-million contract.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Between announcements, conversations, engine noise, and everything else happening around you, reducing these additional sounds can make a long travel day much more comfortable.
    — Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
  • For example, right now, Zalando isn’t really using the text conversations shoppers are having with its online assistant but is likely to do so in the future.
    — Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah stays in town, trades uniforms, and transmogrifies into the Dolphins franchise QB and savior in 2027.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This toaster trades your MacKenzie-Childs classic black-and-white check print for a bold red-and-white pattern in the brand’s signature brushstroke style.
    — Sarah Scott, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Ford, meanwhile, has struggled with production of its crucial F-Series pickup trucks following two supplier fires last year that disrupted production and sales.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has faced intensifying calls from within his own party to do something to slash sky-high prices for diesel, the workhorse fuel that powers trains, trucks, tractors and construction vehicles.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the White House is attempting to stem the political bloodletting, particularly in these red states, amid discussions regarding diesel export restrictions after a beef tariff suspension announcement in August.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Tehran has spent long weeks in discussions with Oman, on the other side of the strait, on how to manage shipping traffic.
    — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
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
Noun
  • Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share tech investments that can introduce unexpected costs, risks or operational headaches when they aren’t managed carefully, along with ways leaders can keep those trade-offs in check.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Foods marketed as lower in fat, sodium, sugar, or calories can come with nutritional trade-offs, a new study finds.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Intuiting chaos, Aesha immediately changes into her wets to help.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • When a full-body scan might make sense The calculation changes for people with symptoms or specific high-risk factors, such as a strong family history of certain cancers.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Exchanges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exchanges. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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