exchange
verb (used with object)
to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent; change for another.
have exchanged
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present perfectof exchange.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We have exchanged several notes via a prison messaging system, though.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Since then, the two sides have exchanged multiple proposals, with the threat of renewed war looming all along.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Kyiv and Moscow have exchanged thousands of soldiers' bodies over the course of the almost four-year conflict.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
In other years, she and her friends might have exchanged earrings or other trinkets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
But it is true that we have exchanged corpulence for starvation, and either one will kill us.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
