commuted

verb

past tense of commute
as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return commuting foreign currency to domestic

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Recent Examples of commuted Smith’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1954. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Death sentences for two others were commuted and one was sentenced to prison. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 While he was supposed to die at the hands of the state, California abolished the death penalty in 1972 — which resulted in his sentence being commuted to life in prison. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 However, dozens of death sentences since then have been issued, but later suspended or commuted. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 He was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2018 but his sentence was one of a raft later commuted by President Joe Biden during his final days in office, federal records show. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 Accused of murder and sentenced to death, Giovanni avoided the guillotine after his punishment was commuted to hard labor. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 Former President Joe Biden ultimately commuted 37 out of 40 federal death sentences. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 Scott's death sentence was commuted to life in prison after several appeals, but the 53-year-old has remained behind bars despite questions about the circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution during the trial. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commuted
  1. exchanged
  2. swapped
  3. traded
  4. substituted
  5. changed
Verb
  • Bucci went there and quickly discovered that enthusiasm could be exchanged for access.
    — Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Davis exchanged vows with Goldblum in 1987 after meeting him on the set of Transylvania 6-5000 two years prior.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • Californians made up just under a quarter of the more than 56,400 people who swapped their out-of-state licenses for Gem State cards last year.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026
  • More than one OpenAI agent was involved in the hack of Hugging Face, and in at least one case the agents swapped notes on how to sneak into the company’s network.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of swapped
Verb
  • The video traded the genre’s typical easy-breezy style for a mashup of clips where flames rose, expletives flew, and Tiedemann flipped the bird toward the camera at every opportunity.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • When the game resumes today, he has since been traded to Boston, and takes over behind the plate for Reese McGuire, who has been released.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of traded
Verb
  • Their starting lineup has also remained largely unchanged for two games, though David Larrubia did not start against Deportivo, but was substituted in.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Salah, who scored his first goals with his new club over the weekend, was substituted in the second half.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of substituted
Verb
  • That has changed quietly, with robots now performing important roles in operating rooms, hospital wards, rehabilitation centers, and corridors around the world.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Tehran’s own understanding of deterrence has also changed over the course of the war.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of changed

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“Commuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commuted. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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