Thesaurus results for SWAPS

swaps 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of swap

as in exchanges

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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noun

plural of swap

as in trades

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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The conference swaps out Texas State for Louisiana Tech this year. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The closest mainstream offering is Honda's Rebel 1100 DCT, which starts at around US$10,400 – and even that swaps the traditional V-twin for a parallel-twin engine. — New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026 When day turns to night and the city swaps coffee cups for cocktail glasses, sample some of the country’s best mixed drinks, wines and, of course, whisky. — Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Agurto is one of 25 veterans who, over the past two years, have turned to a program that swaps a therapist’s couch for a racing simulator. — Laurie Mermet, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Then Anna fails Room 7 and winds up back in Room 8, where Becca swaps the players’ table positions, so Ify reads the win condition as well and leaves. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026 Unlike Reborn Rich, Reborn Rookie is a comedy, finding a fair amount of fun in the story of a CEO who accidentally swaps bodies with a young soccer player, and uses the opportunity to get revenge on his selfish children. — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 July 2026 As its name suggests, the 9060 Mule trims down the sneaker from its usual height, removes the heel in favor of a backless look with an adjustable support strap and swaps out materials for an even more breathable summertime build. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 July 2026 In the new Prime Video series, Lexi Minetree plays the iconic character, who must adapt to a new high school as her family swaps Bel-Air for dreary Seattle. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 24 June 2026

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Oil can be bought and sold through futures, options, swaps, forward arrangements and physical-market transactions. — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The 9th Circuit ruling conflicts with a 3rd Circuit decision against New Jersey, which found that sports wagers on prediction markets are swaps. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 However, the platforms — and their federal regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — claim all event contracts, no matter the topic, are swaps. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Are crazy engine swaps or transmission swaps something that could be on the table if someone wanted that? — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026 On Wall Street, the founders observed how institutional investors sought to trade such uncertain binary outcomes as Brexit and the 2016 presidential election through proxies such as swaps, options, and other risk curves. — Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026 That means fewer bag swaps, no matter what’s on your schedule. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 22 Aug. 2026 In response, the CFTC has said that the Commodity Exchange Act gives it sole power over swaps and futures contracts, preempting state laws. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Continuous factory work may still require charging, battery swaps or multiple robots. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

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Consistency turns individual relationships into a community that exchanges honest advice, surfaces opportunities and helps its members navigate growth.

— C200, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Thomas regularly exchanges texts and Instagram messages with Alex’s mother, Leah, in Perth, while enjoying the company of his father, Damien, a former Australian rules football player, when the Condons travel stateside.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026

Definition of exchanges

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Scalable Capital is opening its investment platform to AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude and Grok—giving European investors the ability to analyze portfolios, set up savings plans and place trades through prompts.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Unlike the James Webb Space Telescope, which trades panoramic views for a narrow field of view to peer deeply into small, specific patches of the sky, Roman is built for scale.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of trades

Verb

This approach substitutes information for sensation, and reduces both human and supra-human experiences to the level of data.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
So Tuchel, who always substitutes his wingers after roughly an hour, decided to withdraw Gordon and bring on an extra defender, Ezri Konsa.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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