change hands
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The metamorphosis has the Federal Reserve Bank of New York asking whether these shifts have introduced new risks into the Treasury market, where $1.2 trillion of securities change hands every day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Major franchises — the Lakers, Dodgers, Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees, to name a few — don’t change hands often.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
A recent auction by specialist auction house Stanley Gibbons Baldwins saw over £1.5m in "Pokémon assets" change hands.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
There was no need on either side—long or short—for cash to change hands.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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