as in replaces
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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Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
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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
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The neutrino laser adapts this idea but replaces photons with neutrinos.— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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The room replaces the former cinema room.— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
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Here, chef Hugh Acheson swaps out the sugar for maple syrup and adds fresh marjoram and chiles, yielding an earthier dish with just the right amount of heat.— SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 15 Apr. 2026
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In these images, Monroe swaps hyper-glam for vulnerability.— Joshua John Miller, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 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
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Sports, gaming, music, fashion and entertainment are now interconnected layers of how people live, and brands that find the unexpected intersections between those worlds are the ones breaking through.— Kennedy French, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
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The speed limit is 45 mph, 35 mph near the school, and there are no crosswalks besides at major intersections.— Desiree Mathurin April 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
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Under the agreement, police deployments increase from 907 to 1,392 officers through 2029, though last year saw 41,472 successful crossings—the second-highest on record—and six deaths already this year.— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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The problem for the East Germans was that West Germany quickly amended their regulations for border crossings from East to West.— Lauren Cassidy, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
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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.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/interchanges. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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