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 While on tour together, Rise Against and Architects even swapped members while playing each other’s namesake songs. Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 To grow the bottom line, executives are focused on both bolstering the network’s place as the cable bundle’s most valuable channel and reaching a new generation of fans who have largely swapped channel flipping with feed swiping. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026 In Philadelphia, Abdalla parked a few blocks from the Liberty Bell, smoothed her hijab, and swapped her sneakers for high heels. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 In this particular instance, the thieves had swapped out two RTX 5080 GPUs for a pair of RTX 3060 cards. Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026 The only real difference is that the gray outsole is swapped for a light brown one. Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026 Palace also swapped winger Brennan Johnson for Everton forward Dwight McNeil, who is an option to start against them at Hill Dickinson Stadium in the clubs’ August 22 opener. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The Dolphins swapped late-round picks in 2028 and 2029 with New England to acquire the former Penn State offensive lineman the Patriots intended on releasing Monday so the Dolphins could hopefully supplement the weakest unit on the roster. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Their friends were amazed by their likeness, and ⁠the girls swapped addresses. Reuters, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swapped
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  • The pair also exchanged views on recent diplomatic efforts aimed at advancing political and diplomatic solutions, the statement read, without going into further details.
    August 20, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • And then a full-on brawl with punches exchanged to top it off.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Forecasting tournaments and election markets have beaten their baselines, but no study has shown a crowd signal can be traded profitably at scale.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The 23-year-old jumped off the tape during his limited touches after getting traded to Philadelphia last season, and few , if any, offer Bigsby’s upside at his ADP.
    Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Alaves' Ángel Pérez was reprimanded by coach Quique Sánchez Flores after being substituted and punching the bench several times.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Kane scored twice, his first goal a penalty, in the first half of that 4-2 defeat in Arlington before Vuskovic was substituted after 66 minutes of his sixth senior outing for his country.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • The work is revealing a monument changed by time, weather and millions of visitors.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • That changed Saturday, as rookie fourth-round tight end Matt Hibner caught five passes for 61 yards, including a 29-yard reception.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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“Swapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swapped. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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