change hands
Example Sentences
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Other states, such as California, have laws discouraging selling by only resetting values for local real estate taxes when properties change hands.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Such slots can be worth tens of millions of pounds, but change hands only rarely.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Critics said private loans rarely change hands, so they lack the volatility that funds face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
JBS, a giant meat and food processing company from the Netherlands, is up 25% year to date, with a 17% advance during the last month to change hands around $18.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
There was no need on either side—long or short—for cash to change hands.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
