as in to exchange
to give up (something) and take something else in return
we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower
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as in exchange
a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another
we made a swap: I'll do the dishes tonight and she'll do them for me tomorrow
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Recent Examples of swap
Nick Harris
april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
Fill it with nuts and olives to complement martini night, or swap in a selection of candies for an ice cream sundae bar.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
That filter swap is especially easy to forget.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Ultimately, those two teams ended up swapping picks themselves.
—Nick Harris
april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
Fill it with nuts and olives to complement martini night, or swap in a selection of candies for an ice cream sundae bar.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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
That filter swap is especially easy to forget.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swap
Verb
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And so Lobanov and Stetsenko carried on with their plans, exchanging vows at the Palace of Culture and then heading to a nearby café with their guests to celebrate.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Chavez-DeRemer’s husband and father exchanged text messages with young female staff members, according to the newspaper.—
Seung Min Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Renaissance master, whose name is only ever sighed in the same breath as Leonardo and Michelangelo, supposedly traded truth for beauty, and ended up destroying both.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Publicly traded REITs that focus on health care are worth nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars, according to Nareit, an industry association.—
Jordan Rau,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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In his press conference on Monday, Rosenior pointed out that one video of Fernandez appearing to walk past him after being substituted against Manchester United was cut before the player turned around and hugged him and shook his hand.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Here opposites — classy and brassy — are distractions, with odd-couple joking substituting for something more substantial.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Scandals and secrets will be revealed, facades will crumble, and families and friendships will change forever on both sides of the battlefield as this group of strong, game-changing influencers comes together to build their answer to #MomTok.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to City on Sunday has drastically changed the landscape of the Premier League title race.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Swap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swap. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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