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

Thirty states — including Florida, Iowa, Ohio and others expected to be key battlegrounds in November’s midterm elections — use the federal exchanges for their ACA operations. — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026 In programmatic advertising, this issue is especially relevant because data comes from multiple platforms, including ad exchanges, SSPs and DSPs. — Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes.com, 10 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 His work also extends to cross-border litigation, international discovery, arbitration, and matters requiring evidence from cryptocurrency exchanges, financial institutions, payment processors, and technology platforms. — Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Callers posed as representatives of cryptocurrency exchanges or email providers. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 While sportsbooks take wagers under state gaming licenses, prediction markets operate as exchanges where customers buy and sell event contracts with other traders, Chaffee says. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 The platform has a 21+ age requirement and combines the mechanics of modern financial exchanges with a sports-first experience. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 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 Joico HydraSplash Hydrating Shampoo swaps the usual suspects for keratin (a protective protein) and natural hydrators like coconut water and sea kelp to replenish dry hair while thoroughly cleansing it.

— Madison San Miguel, Allure, 5 Sep. 2026
The Clippers gave up future MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari, 10 first-round draft picks, two first-round draft swaps and $30 million.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of swaps

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The school’s athletic director told Front Office Sports last month Tarleton has had conversations with multiple FBS leagues and wants to move up within the next five years.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Asian food Lucknow is considered by many Indians as one of the country’s greatest culinary capitals, but beyond the South Asian nation’s borders, the city has remained largely absent from global conversations about food.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of conversations

Verb

The stock now trades well above the $95 price of its recent equity offering and the level where CEO Lip-Bu Tan bought shares .

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 8 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

Surging diesel fuel prices hit a milestone as prices slam California’s economy, from trucks to crops.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Electric sedans with four-figure horsepower figures, plug-in hybrids that can supposedly travel farther than some diesel trucks, and enough screens inside a cabin to make an electronics store nervous.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of trucks

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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

With each wild transformation in Mona’s character, the film changes stylistically.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
By studying who farts more, who farts less and how flatulence changes with diet, researchers aim to understand how microbes respond to different foods and why some people can tolerate high-fiber diets comfortably while others struggle with gas.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026