swapped

past tense of swap
as in exchanged
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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Recent Examples of swapped Kahn also pointed to companies that dropped agents into existing workflows, or swapped an employee for one. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 The watch, released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Overseas, comes with three interchangeable straps that can be swapped without tools. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026 Mamdani and Chow swapped notes on dealing with the constraints placed on them by their state and provincial governors, and on their respective battles over renters’ rights and the high costs of living in their cities. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 The researchers synthesized two iron tetra-azaphthalocyanines in which nitrogen-containing heterocycles swapped the peripheral benzene rings in conventional iron phthalocyanine. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026 On Days of Ash, a drum performance or two was swapped out for a drum machine. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026 For a millisecond, Bowen Yang and I swapped places—leaving me on the receiving end of his applause rather than the other way around. — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 The next day, Larsson swapped pink for acid green but stayed firmly in the 2000s. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 Mistakes here are harder to spot and fix, unlike a poor recommendation, which is easily swapped out. — Polina Chebanova, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swapped
Verb
  • No payment is requested or exchanged at any point during the selection, evaluation or ranking process; inclusion is based solely on the methodology.
    — Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Fresh off the heels of Thom Browne’s New York Fashion Week presentation, where models and dancers embodied bugs and butterflies, the designer exchanged emails with Tyler Matthew Oyer about his creative process.
    — Tyler Matthew Oyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Hill, who was picked by the Chiefs in the fifth round pick of the 2016 NFL Draft, had 6,630 receiving yards and 56 touchdowns in Kansas City over six seasons before he was traded to the Dolphins.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
  • For Cham’s latest launch, designer Christy Cham traded the usual fashion dinner for something a lot more revealing.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • Ronaldo started that game but was substituted in the 67th minute.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Ronaldo started in Portugal's 1-0 win over Wales last Thursday and was substituted in the 67th minute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Also check whether the company has changed its privacy policy or added new controls.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • If records are made to be broken, then stats are made to be changed.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Swapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swapped. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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