Thesaurus results for SWAP

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verb

ˈswäp

Definition of swap

as in to exchange

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

as in exchange

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 deal included sending Minnesota a 2025 second-round pick and the right to swap first-round picks in 2026. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Teams then cyclize the peptide, folding a linear amino acid chain into a ring, and swap individual amino acids for more stable alternatives. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

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Perhaps even more concerning than the stock rout has been the jump in CoreWeave corporate bond yields and spike in credit default swaps , a kind of insurance policy on debt. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026 Also, the fact that planets in this arrangement slide along their orbit and swap positions means that their positions in that orbit change, which, in turn, changes the timing of the transits. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for swap

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Instead of exchanging the entire print head, the K3 swaps a smaller assembly containing the nozzle, hotend and filament path.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Jo also inherited hundreds of letters that Vincent wrote and received, most exchanged with Theo.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of exchange

Verb

After an eight-play, 71-yard jaunt by the Rams tied the game at 27 with seven minutes and 14 seconds to go, the teams traded especially textbook scoring drives.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation stock, which trades under the ticker symbol FUN, fell 12% in early trading.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of trade

Verb

Suarez scored his 14th and 15th goals before he was substituted off in the 61st minute.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026
So might be Haaland, who asked to be substituted midway through the second half of Norway's final Nations League game, but that might have been because of fatigue.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of substitute

Verb

The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Most of the dye remained near the surface, although the share changed with the tide and the stratification of the water.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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