trade route
noun
1
: one of the sea-lanes ordinarily used by merchant ships
2
: a route followed by traders (as in caravans)
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Over the past year, Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, including to Israel, have threatened the key trade route connecting Asia to the Middle East and Mediterranean.
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
What's New China has voiced its support for Panama to retain control of the Panama Canal, after President-elect threatened to bring the vital trade route back under U.S. control.
—Theo Burman, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
After Nabataea was annexed into the Roman Empire in A.D. 106, the inland trade routes controlled by the Nabataeans collapsed.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
On conventional maps of the Silk Road, trade routes spanning the Eurasian continent tend to avoid the mountains of Central Asia as much as possible.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
What's New China has voiced its support for Panama to retain control of the Panama Canal, after President-elect threatened to bring the vital trade route back under U.S. control.
—Theo Burman, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
After Nabataea was annexed into the Roman Empire in A.D. 106, the inland trade routes controlled by the Nabataeans collapsed.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
On conventional maps of the Silk Road, trade routes spanning the Eurasian continent tend to avoid the mountains of Central Asia as much as possible.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Trade route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20route. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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