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Definition of interchangenext
as in to replace
to put each of two or more things in the place of the other We interchanged the front tire with the rear tire.

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noun

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Recent Examples of interchange
Verb
In December 2022, Li and Chen formally showed that, as Chen had suspected, the proof also works with the two theorems interchanged. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025 Luis Enrique has built PSG to last, with players who interchange easily and a squad deep enough to cope with a stack of absentees which itself read like a Ballon d’Or nominations list. Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
Could other work at the interchange have triggered the collapse? Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 27 Apr. 2026 The Illinois Department of Transportation is closing nearly all ramps at the I-80-Chicago Street interchange in Joliet as part of their long-term renovation project along that highway. Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interchange
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Verb
  • The two men are looking to replace Polis, who is term-limited and will leave office early next year.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • Gavin Newsom and Sacramento Democrats did exactly that with Proposition 50, stripping an independent redistricting commission of its authority and replacing it with maps drawn by the Democratic supermajority designed to gain a partisan advantage.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Somerville firefighters stand on overpass as hearse carrying Trooper Kevin Trainor passes underneath during dignified transfer.
    Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • In 2021, an elevated overpass on a Mexico City metro line collapsed onto a road, killing 26 people and injuring dozens just as a subway train was crossing over the section.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Denver Water didn’t comment when asked about any conversations with CDOT about impacts on planning for the cloverleaf area.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
  • To avoid traffic jams, the avenues that connect each sector of the city were designed without intersections; instead, the intersections have cloverleaf interchanges.
    Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The crossing there is in a high-traffic area near downtown Vista with little room for an overpass or underpass.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This incident comes just days after two out-of-state men were arrested for spray-painting antisemitic graffiti and swastikas on residential fences, an underpass and near businesses in Sterling Heights.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Images included in the court filing appear to show the suspect moving through the intersection as people scatter, then raising the weapon and firing.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • My work lives at the intersection of fashion, art, and cultural identity.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Those named included civilian employees, school safety officers, traffic enforcement officers and crossing guards.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Other oil companies paid an excess of $3 million in addition to the crossing fee to accelerate their passage in the face of soaring oil prices.
    Alma Solís, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The 13-year-old from Long Island, New York, had been born with ureterovesical junction obstruction, a rare congenital disease, where a blockage between the ureter and bladder causes urine to back up into the kidney.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Lewis and King were coworkers at Taco Casa, a fast food restaurant near the junction of Interstate 30 and East Loop 820 in Fort Worth.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Interchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchange. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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