exchange
verb (used with object)
to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent; change for another.
is exchanging
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present progressiveof exchange (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Commerce Department is exchanging ownership stakes for capital with quantum companies, with IBM receiving half of a $2 billion package.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
But now we have evidence that money is exchanging hands — and a lot of it.
From Salon ● May 5, 2023
Belgrade said there needs to be a crackdown if money is exchanging hands and that some fans are more concerned than others.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2018
Legalization lowers arrests, but “this is exchanging a criminal justice crisis for a public health crisis,” he said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2016
He is exchanging, by ascending degrees, his primitive doctrine of arbitrary volition for the doctrine of law.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
