How to Use foreign exchange in a Sentence

foreign exchange

noun

• Our country has to export more in order to earn more foreign exchange.
• In the 70’s, Doris opened her home to the first of many foreign exchange students or young adults needing a place to stay.
  — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Had the Mullahs with about $4billion in foreign exchange.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
• China has the largest foreign exchange reserves in the world.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Sep. 2022
• What if the creature was part of a foreign exchange program?
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2022
• Hong Kong’s foreign exchange reserves are the world’s eight-largest.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2022
• The witness ran toward a group of foreign exchange students and asked them to call 911.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Even if that were the case, Yameen has reason to fear a slowdown in the tourism sector, the Maldives’ largest source of foreign exchange.
  — Joseph Hincks, Time, 6 Feb. 2018
• But the lack of foreign exchange means that imports may become scarce.
  — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
• Then along comes Stig, a Swedish foreign exchange student who's even taller.
  — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
• And abroad, Venezuelan gold is sold by the ton -- one of the country's few remaining means of foreign exchange.
  — Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
• The victim, Ho, and a friend -- both foreign exchange students -- were walking home when two men tried to rob them.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 17 July 2019
• The steep rise in cases has roiled the foreign exchange markets, with the British pound sterling falling 0.3% against the dollar.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2021
• Loan rates have moved up sharply, stock prices have dropped, and the dollar has strengthened in foreign exchange markets.
  — David Wilcox, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• Fees vary by bank and account, of course, but avoiding ATM and foreign exchange fees will save you a bundle.
  — Ryan Craggs, CNT, 20 Sep. 2017
• While the show was being filmed, the Rihns had a foreign exchange student from Madrid living with them.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2021
• In the end, this probably won’t amount to much, either in trade volume or in foreign exchange.
  — John Cullen, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
• The money appears to have been raised from the bank’s foreign exchange reserves and an auction to importers.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2022
• Malawi devalued the kwacha by 25% in May to address a shortage of foreign exchange.
  — Karl Lester M Yap, Bloomberg.com, 12 Feb. 2023
• That comes with two issues: foreign exchange risk and repricing risk.
  — Radu Magdin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• One way to do that is by swapping the gold for a more liquid foreign exchange that is not subject to current sanctions.
  — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2022
• The nation is reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the record plunge in oil, which accounts for more than 90% of its foreign exchange earnings.
  — Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• Mining as a whole provides more than half of the country's foreign exchange revenue.
  — Torera Idowu, CNN, 22 Dec. 2017
• In an unprecedented move, the People's Bank of China in late April cut the amount of foreign exchange banks must hold as reserves to 8% from 9%.
  — Laura He, CNN, 13 May 2022
• Stripping out foreign exchange and deal making, sales rose 1%, thanks to a volume increase of 2%.
  — Sharon Terlep, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
• By the start of March, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves dwindled to $3 billion—just enough for three weeks of imports.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
• The increase will force banks to deposit more foreign exchange assets, putting downward pressure on the yuan.
  — Ben Westcott, CNN, 2 June 2021
• Max's two younger brothers also came to live with the Wabaunsees as foreign exchange students.
  — Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
• Those companies are far from alone in calling foreign exchange rates a business issue.
  — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
• The dollar is the global reserve currency and currently accounts for about 58% of the world's foreign exchange reserves (foreign assets held by central banks), so the global economy would also likely be significantly impacted.
  — Mitch Salchow, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 9 Mar 2025