as in replaces
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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Recent Examples of interchanges
Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
The last of the interchanges on that docket is the one at State Street — though ITD is now considering interchange work further north.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interchanges
Verb
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Walls replaces Wells, who was head coach at DP since 2011, compiling a 137-48 record, including a state title in 2017.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sac State replaces Northern Illinois University, which was invited to join the Mountain West Conference.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Juliette Lewis swaps bodies with a chair in this new surrealist vision from writer-director Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) narrated by Melanie Griffith and co-starring Mamoudou Athie (Kinds of Kindness), Samantha Mathis (American Psycho) and Robin Tunney (The Craft).—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Jett, who is typically outfitted in a catsuit — no pun intended — swaps her sporty look for a glistening gold halter top and a pair of empire waist trousers while arriving at a particularly important game.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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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
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The group exchanges little looks.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Still, the park will be maintaining active parking management and placing extra staff at key intersections during peak periods.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, many intersections in the Palisades could become bottlenecks during evacuations, leading to significant delays, the resiliency report said, basing the conclusion on a traffic pattern analysis.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the Texas campaign, immigration and border policies remain potent among Republican voters, even as border crossings fall and the emphasis shifts to interior enforcement.—
Joseph Morton,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Low-water crossings may be flooded.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Early last month, farmers escalated their protests with a 48-hour blockade of major highways, toll stations and junctions over high production costs and the European Union’s trade deal with South American nations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Creating reliable molecular junctions at the nanometer scale Building molecular junctions requires electrodes spaced less than 3 nanometers apart.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Interchanges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchanges. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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