Example Sentences

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When he left DC Comics in 2021, Tynion was swapping the security and prestige of being in charge of the monthly Batman story for the uncertainty of life as an independent creator.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Altria’s announcement comes just days after the company said that it was swapping its minority stake in Juul Labs for a license to some of Juul’s heated tobacco intellectual property.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023

On one level, it does seem just as cold and calculated as the old days, when the NFL was swapping salutes for cash.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2018

So was swapping out the paillettes and bugle beads, the way Riccardo Tisci did at Givenchy, and instead using small circular fabric “mirrors” as adornment on cold-shoulder prairie-queen silk gowns.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017

There was swapping of horses by the men or of fruit or vegetable preserves by the women.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch