commuted

verb

past tense of commute
as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return commuting foreign currency to domestic

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Recent Examples of commuted The Department of Justice in April acted to vacate the convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and others in the seditious conspiracy case who had their sentences commuted but did not receive pardons. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Accused of murder and sentenced to death, Giovanni avoided the guillotine after his punishment was commuted to hard labor. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 Former President Joe Biden ultimately commuted 37 out of 40 federal death sentences. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 Scott's death sentence was commuted to life in prison after several appeals, but the 53-year-old has remained behind bars despite questions about the circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution during the trial. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Trump later pardoned or commuted the sentences of virtually all defendants involved in the riot. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 16 July 2026 Trump commuted their prison sentences, but they were not covered by the president’s mass pardons. — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 After serving just one match of that ban against Armenia, FIFA’s disciplinary committee commuted the final two games of his suspension to a one-year probation period, citing his historically clean record. — Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Last January, Biden commuted his sentence to 20 months as part of a series of clemency actions that included multiple other Florida residents. — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commuted
  1. exchanged
  2. swapped
  3. traded
  4. substituted
  5. changed
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  • What matters then is the rate at which one is exchanged for the other, and that rate is set by architecture.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Despite letters being exchanged virtually, the pace was glacial.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • Bookstores needed a similar rehaul and every bit of Nike branding – on office, arena and stadium walls and hallways – had to be swapped in a no-swoosh left behind conversion to three stripes.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Reliever swap While these were two separate trades, Miami essentially swapped out Bachar for Vodnik in the bullpen.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of swapped
Verb
  • Phoenix guard Kelsey Plum did not play against the team that traded her a little over a week ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III are both just 22 years old, and should be able to step into larger roles within the offense with DJ Moore traded to Buffalo.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of traded
Verb
  • After all, the head of Medusa can be turned around and then worn like a mask; the evil eye can be substituted for one’s own.
    — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Jones wasn’t happy that Szoboszlai gave it to Kostas Tsimikas rather than him when he was substituted in the second half.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of substituted
Verb
  • What changed in the past generation is that companies other than banks and consulting firms have disappeared from campus recruiting, and colleges have allowed a recruiting race to the bottom in return.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of changed

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