How to Use change hands in a Sentence

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  • Teams thus have less incentive to preserve cap space for free agency since stars aren't as likely to change hands that way.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • No money changed hands in the settlement, but Lively was allowed to pursue her motion for fees.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2026
  • While stars aren’t changing hands as frequently via free agency anymore, teams can still make impactful signings.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Democrats have targeted the district as a prime pick-up opportunity, given that the seat has changed hands in the last two midterm elections.
    — Mike Catalini, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • When large companies change hands, investment banks deploy teams of analysts to value the business, prepare documentation, and manage the process end to end.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • What Investors Are Underwriting Public market outcomes are often decided before the ticker changes hands.
    — Peter Goldstein, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Moreau Paris, a storied 19th-century French trunkmaker born during the same fizzy era as Louis Vuitton, Goyard and Moynat, is about to change hands — again.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Six million small businesses will change hands over the next decade as baby boomers retire, representing up to $5 trillion in enterprise value, according to a McKinsey analysis published earlier this year.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • And Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker and Jimmy Butler all changed hands in 2019 either via free agency or sign-and-trade.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The backstory Over the last 25 years, Kanuhura has changed hands three times, from a One & Only to a Sun Resort to its current incarnation as the second Six Senses in the Maldives, partnering with Six Senses Laamu.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026

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