How to Use trade in a Sentence

trade

1 of 3 noun

• Trade accounts for half of our gross national product.
• The Tigers made a few good trades this season and picked up some promising players.
• All parts of the tiger are utilized in the wildlife trade.
  — Rachel Crowell, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• The district is open to the public as well as the trade.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
• The intrigue could be if the Bears opt to stick with Justin Fields and trade out of the No. 1 spot for a hefty price.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• Nearly fifteen per cent of the world’s seaborne trade passes through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
• Blake wouldn’t go into depth when asked to reflect on how the trade played out.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• Shares in Samsung fell 0.5% in morning trade, in line with the wider market.
  — Reuters, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
• The Stars have a few trade pieces remaining on their roster.
  — Sam Nestler, Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
• None of the players acquired by the Reds in any of the trades for 2023 All-Star starters is on the Reds’ current big-league roster.
  — Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 11 July 2023
• The Rangers were thought to be out of the Kane sweepstakes because of their earlier trade for Vladimir Tarasenko.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• Signs of the local drug trade are all around them and vacant houses line their streets.
  — Lea Skene, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Max Kepler’s name has floated around in trade talk for years.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2024
• The nation is the biggest power in the region, and trade between the countries is crucial to many of their economies.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
• Everyone was looking at me like a jack of all trades but a master of none.
  — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2024
• This is also historically the time of year when beavers would be trapped as part of the fur trade.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2023
• The Colts made the move after electing not to fulfill his trade request Tuesday.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
• And the deadline could also spur action on the trade front, as a handful of players have already been swapped in the last few days.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Montas was, however, part of a three-team trade involving the Reds in 2015.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
• This is the first matchup between the two teams in Detroit since the blockbuster trade, and the second game overall between the two squads, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
  — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
• At the trade deadline, the Angels were 4½ games back in the AL West, three games back in the wild-card hunt and were fully going for a postseason berth.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
• Wittenmyer: Is there still time to go get a pitcher at the trade deadline?
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2023
• But Khan’s better move was the trade that made the selection possible.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Nearly 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea, as well as a prodigious amount of oil from the Persian Gulf.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
• For many years, Connecticut was a center of the American gun trade.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Is the Western ideal of free and open trade evaporating?
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
• The price of Shell stocks have hit record highs, buoyed by the prospect that the war’s expansion could disrupt Middle East oil production and trade flows.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
• The key part of the new agreement would aim to bolster trade by setting common commercial rules across the agreement.
  — Jeff Stein and Tyler Pager The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 13 Nov. 2023
• The two parties also signed a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, which gave the colonies favorable trade status with France.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
• What ultimately ended the involvement of U.S. nationals in the trade was Brazil’s passage in 1850 of a new anti-trafficking law.
  — Rafael Vilela, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024

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trade

2 of 3 verb

• I traded seats with her halfway through the show.
• She mostly trades in stocks.
• I traded my pen for a pencil and kept writing.
• He was traded to the Yankees.
• They traded him to the Broncos.
• If you don't like your seat, I'll trade with you.
• Their firm specializes in trading bonds.
• The shares were still trading at a fraction of their price before the fire.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• Spencer trades a night out on the town for an evening in pajamas, with good tunes and best friends.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024
• Northwest Bio was trading at about $5 a share at the time of the brouhaha over short selling.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Hardman was then traded back to the Chiefs and slowly got back to his old ways, just in time for the playoffs.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• But of course the latter aren’t meant to be read, traded and argued over by 10-year-old kids.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• The Cowboys traded a fifth-round pick to acquire Gilmore.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• There are lots of reasons why people might trade the Baltic coast for the Mediterranean.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
• That is, unless the Orioles trade from their infield depth at the deadline.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
• There was more time to make and trade friendship bracelets, a Swift tour tradition.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
• Yet the lucky fans who were there wouldn’t have traded the experience for the world.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2024
• Chastain and Larson had been trading blows over a few restarts before the crash.
  — Kelly Cranall, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• By the next season, he was traded to the New York Knicks and a year after that he was dealt again, this time to Portland.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• In court on Thursday, Leake again denied the charges against him and pleaded with the U.S. to trade him if possible.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2023
• The announcement comes at a time when Chipotle’s shares are trading at all-time highs.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• He was traded to Golden State one year later for Chris Mullin.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
• She’s traded her kitchen apron for stylish clothes, seems livelier than ever — and is even in love.
  — Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
• As the weather starts to warm up, trade your bulky fall boots for breezy slip-ons like these ones that are a classy way to dress up a casual outfit.
  — Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
• The football star was seen watching the show from his private box as well as trading friendship bracelets with fans inside the venue.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
• Now solidly below 13, the VIX is trading near its lowest levels of this year.
  — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
• Your phone might go off and say this person's been traded or whatever.
  — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• Globe Life stock traded at $96 per share on Thursday morning.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
• The less-expensive shares would begin trading on June 26.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• But history suggests that Snead will trade back for more picks in a draft that he is expected to enter with 11.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024

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trade

3 of 3 adjective

• In fact, in recent decades, the Senate has tended to be less populist and more pro-trade than the House.
  — Daniel Griswold, National Review, 15 Sep. 2020
• When the Cubs have played well post-trade deadline, Schwindel’s performance has been a key role in that success.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• That post-trade stretch of games started with a seven-point loss to the Trail Blazers on a night when the Magic had eight available players.
  — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
• To give way on those would be to risk aggravating anti-trade sentiment in the U.S.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2022
• Shanahan himself pretty much made that clear in a recent post-trade press conference.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
• But Biden is also at risk of turning off non-Democrats: 78% of Republicans and 76% of independents are pro-trade.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2020
• To date, there has been no Biden relief from the anti-trade positions and the situation has actually gotten worse.
  — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• Overall, Asia-Pacific nonfuel exports are back above or close to pre-Covid and pre-trade war levels—suggesting there hasn’t been any big shift in supply chains yet.
  — Mike Cherney, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
• However, a renal cell carcinoma in his left kidney was found in a post-trade physical which required surgery.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Mar. 2021
• Because of Hall, who has rejuvenated Krejci, the Bruins were the league’s most productive 5-on-5 team post-trade deadline.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2021
• The January deal was expected to jumpstart soybean exports to China to levels exceeding pre-trade war highs.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 24 June 2020
• Ryan, who has long staked out a spot in the anti-trade wing of the Democratic Party, appeals to blue-collar workers by supporting a blend of tariffs and industrial policy.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022
• Some non-trade roles will also play a part in shaping policy, particularly with regard to China.
  — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• San Francisco’s head coach attempted to push back against that narrative during a broad post-trade press conference earlier in April.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
• Beijing’s pro-trade steps have fueled concerns among American businesses and close allies.
  — Yuka Hayashi, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
• The Stars still have three post-trade deadline recalls remaining, and could theoretically use them before the season finale on Monday.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 9 May 2021
• Agricultural exports to China started rebounding in 2020, but are nowhere near their pre-trade war highs, as China has fallen short of its purchase commitments.
  — Lydia Depillis, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2020
• Despite the Cubs being well under .500, there is optimism the worst is behind them during a rollercoaster season that basically has been divided in two unequal parts — the pre- and post-trade deadline teams.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2021
• The physical components of that particular device were not trade secrets or protected by federal law from being disclosed, the court filing said.
  — Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 11 May 2017
• LeVert is finding his groove with the Pacers after missing significant time when a post-trade medical examination revealed a mass on his kidney.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Apr. 2021
• But now bond issuers can get comprehensive report cards on the dealers and data from BondCliQ, a centralized pricing system that aggregates pre-trade institutional quote data.
  — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020
• And instead of being defensive about the decision, the Biden administration—and both parties in Congress—should pivot toward an unapologetically pro-trade agenda.
  — Stephanie Murphy, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022
• Non-trade barriers such as FDA labeling and ingredient requirements also limit imports even during shortages.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 May 2022
• The company has already introduced pre-trade verifications, which can help users avoid phishing, along with a verification system for vetted cryptocurrencies.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
• So much of his agenda—anti-immigration, anti-trade, anti-globalism in all its forms—diverged so dramatically from traditional pro-business Republicanism.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• An entirely new stack of infrastructure has to be developed for new asset classes to come fully online, including pre-trade tools, order/portfolio management, risk analytics, lending, collateral management, custody, and clearing/settlement.
  — Dushyant Shahrawat, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• Every day, banks generate millions of post-trade expenses associated with executing transactions.
  — Alexander Duggan, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• In fact, in recent decades, the Senate has tended to be less populist and more pro-trade than the House.
  — Daniel Griswold, National Review, 15 Sep. 2020
• When the Cubs have played well post-trade deadline, Schwindel’s performance has been a key role in that success.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• That post-trade stretch of games started with a seven-point loss to the Trail Blazers on a night when the Magic had eight available players.
  — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024