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to put each of two or more things in the place of the other
We interchanged the front tire with the rear tire.
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Recent Examples of interchanges
Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
The last of the interchanges on that docket is the one at State Street — though ITD is now considering interchange work further north.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interchanges
Verb
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The company is betting that the same technology can underpin a much larger shift, one where being recognized replaces the act of paying.—
Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Otto Aerospace’s Phatnom 3500 edges closer to liftoff Otto Aerospace first announced the Phantom 3500 last year, a windowless jet that replaces traditional porthole windows with panoramic screens that provide views via a live camera feed.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Hethington swaps the sliced plantain for his own pasta, made primarily with puréed plantains, some tapioca starch and a little bit of all-purpose flour.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Tom Holland swaps his padel for a HexClad pan while hosting his 2nd Annual Bero Padel Classic on April 29 in Los Angeles.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Singapore’s Land Transport Authority reports that the system cut average travel times by 30% and reduced congestion at major intersections by 15%.—
Chase Garbarino,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Multiple intersections will be expanded and enhanced, chief among them being the one at Naperville Road and Diehl Road, which is to be widened and resurfaced, Travia said.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Poor communication between teams pursuing conflicting goals, actions that contradict core objectives, failing oversight and any number of other wire-crossings can have serious consequences.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Vale, who is in custody, also potentially faced the death penalty because someone died in one of the migrant crossings from Cuba to Mexico.—
Jay Weaver
May 14,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The new device incorporates strontium and titanium to create internal p-n junctions that act as smooth electronic gates.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
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The citric acid reacted with the cellulose to form cross-links, which are chemical junctions that bind the cellulose molecules.—
J. Carson Meredith,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Interchanges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchanges. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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