- present participle of swap.
swapping
Example Sentences
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In my case, swapping out jackets or ties or wearing the same suit with different-color shirts are easy ways to reuse pieces without repeating outfits.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026
It has also become easy for the couple to grow their jungle simply by swapping plants and trading cuttings of their more unusual plants through the online community they have built up.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
Earnings growth will be driven by banks swapping out floating deposit income—assets that fluctuate with changing interest rates—for fixed-rate assets, smoothing their net interest income, the analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
"After that, we want to see whether the same approach works for related materials -- swapping molybdenum for tungsten, or sulfur for selenium -- to find out how broadly this idea can be applied."
From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026
The bell rings, and the three of us walk in together, swapping stories about our old schools.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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