- present participle of swap.
swapping
Example Sentences
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It is an unlikely migration trend - Westerners swapping life in Texas or London for Moscow or Nizhny Novgorod.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 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
British colonists transformed khichuri into their own dish, called kedgeree, swapping out lentils for boiled eggs and smoked haddock.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Talks have been under way for weeks between Tehran and Washington via mediators, with both sides swapping and rejecting the other’s proposals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
This indicates that some match rigging may be choreographed at the highest level of the sport—much like the Olympic skating judges’ vote swapping.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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