swapped

past tense of swap
as in exchanged
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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Recent Examples of swapped Although the couple had swapped the vehicle's license plates, an Arkansas Razorbacks logo seen in surveillance footage was still affixed to the rear of the vehicle. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 The Falcons swapped veteran quarterbacks on their 53-man roster, signing Andy Dalton and releasing Cooper Rush, the team announced Monday. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Again, two-way contracts can be swapped out at any time, with such salaries not counting against the salary cap. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 But this year, Chinati director Caitlin Murray swapped the dates, potentially opening the weekend up to those who must get to the art fairs in Europe. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 Roberts had swapped Hernández and slumping Will Smith in the batting order, moving Hernández up to third and Smith down to fifth. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Factories first swapped the central steam plant that drove every machine through a system of rotating shafts for an electric motor. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 The spacecraft will spend roughly two days catching up to the ISS, where a recent personnel rotation swapped the astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission with those of Crew-13. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The actor swapped her thematically appropriate Sense and Sensibility press tour style for something a little more contemporary today in New York, trading in her corseted dresses and Napoleon jackets for a pair of au courant graphic T-shirts. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swapped
Verb
  • Gift returns can be exchanged or refunded for the value indicated on the gift receipt, and refunds will be made in the form of a merchandise credit.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2026
  • India ranked as Montreal’s second-largest market in 2025, with 1 million metric tons of goods exchanged between the parties.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • Political leaders traded accusations over Saturday's violence ahead of next spring's presidential election.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Brazil’s presidential candidates traded barbs in the first debate ahead of Sunday’s runoff, with polls showing a technical tie.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Mugrabi has disputed that the lien was ever valid, claiming that the Basquiat was pledged as collateral in an October 2023 term sheet, but was substituted with the 1964 Andy Warhol work Jackie the following month.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Greenwood was then substituted, leaving the pitch without a shirt on.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After arriving at their Missouri residence, Kelker-Kelly changed his clothes and got into bed.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The Legislature changed state law to ban the government from spending public funds on political ads.
    — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

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“Swapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swapped. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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