1
as in to swap
to give up (something) and take something else in return
switched the real grapes for fake ones switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday
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2
as in to flick
to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions
cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud
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as in to hide
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took
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as in to reverse
to change (as an opinion) to the contrary
a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm
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as in whip
a long thin or flexible tool for striking
struck the horse's hide with a leather switch, and it took off at a gallop
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as in flick
a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down
that telltale switch of the cat's tail meant there was a mouse under the piano
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as in swipe
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
in frustration, he gave the mule a sharp switch on the rump, but it still wouldn't budge
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Recent Examples of switch
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
That could leave Spencer Arrighetti as the most viable option to switch, should Houston decide to do it.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
28 June 2026
One of the more interesting additions is Bambu’s new filament-track switch system, which sits between the AMS and the printer’s dual-nozzle filament paths.
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Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
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Verb
About 7 million borrowers on that plan will receive notices from their servicers and have 90 days to switch to a new repayment plan.
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Medora Lee,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
That could leave Spencer Arrighetti as the most viable option to switch, should Houston decide to do it.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Noun
Olympic gold medalist Arisa Trew secured her second winning result of the weekend with a switch McTwist — a 540-degree twist taking off from her opposite side while grabbing the middle of the board — during women’s vert best trick, which featured a field of athletes averaging only 16 1/2 years old.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
28 June 2026
One of the more interesting additions is Bambu’s new filament-track switch system, which sits between the AMS and the printer’s dual-nozzle filament paths.
—
Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
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The loadout on sale here differs from our review model in a few ways, notably swapping an AMD Ryzen 5 processor in for the poky 12th-generation Intel Core i3 and doubling the RAM.
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Each worker is small enough to reason about on its own, easy to evaluate in isolation and easy to swap when a better model comes along.
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After Florian Wirtz crossed in from the left side of the pitch, Kai Havertz got just enough of his head on the ball to flick it into the far side of the goal.
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After a corner kick and a nice cross, Sanchez flicked the ball in with his head as Colombian fans erupted.
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For loungability there’s a king bed, a hide-a-bed sofa, a fireplace and theater seats.
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When Fluffy failed to come out of hiding after 24 hours, Melissa Kirby and her husband began making and posting missing cat posters around their neighborhood.
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That reverses a downtrend in April and May, when volume fell.
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The air base was originally slated for closure in 2011 as part of a broader restructuring of Germany’s armed forces, but that plan was reversed in 2021 after years of uncertainty over the site’s future.
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In the end, none of them were fit to lick the boots of Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800.
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But the Carolinas have their own ways of making barbecue finger-licking.
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The sting of the Australian box jellyfish has been described as being lashed with a whip dipped in burning acid, and is powerful enough to kill an adult in as little as two minutes!
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Squeezed into a latex bodysuit and donning cornrows, Madonna alternately wields a whip, is bound to a chair and poses with a Chihuahua — in matching latex.
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The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan's backyard workshop have ears that flap, tails that swish and trunks that squirt water.
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French forward Marcus Thuram carried a bright green suede maxi flap bag from a Chanel collaboration with Pharrell Williams, while Rayan Cherki carried an oversized Hermès Kelly Maxi.
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Wipe in circular motions with a lint-free microfiber cloth to loosen grime, then finish with long, horizontal swipes.
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The Phillies loaded the bases with two outs in the second, and after fouling off several Chandler pitches, Crawford took another late swipe and managed to hit one down the third base line off the end of the bat.
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“Switch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switch. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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