trade on
verb
traded on; trading on; trades on
: to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit
… traded on their influence … in securing special favors.—
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The Sharks made one trade on Friday, sending pending unrestricted free agent defensemen Timothy Liljegren to the Washington Capitals for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Kalshi is a first Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The toymaker, which is publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has nearly 600 physical stores across 18 countries, according to its September 2025 half-year financial report.
—Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
These funds track the price of silver and trade on stock exchanges like regular shares.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Myers was asked about his return to Texas shortly after the trade on Wednesday.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Given that reality, that the organization was able to cleanly execute a Myers trade on Wednesday morning is a meaningful indicator of good process and competence for a Canucks hockey operations group that has enjoyed precious few wins over the past 18 months.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
More optimistically, Templeman said that information technology as a whole is now trading on par with the rest of the market, even below valuations seen during the 2022 sell-off, at least in relative terms.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
In the wake of the first strikes on Iran, Polymarket briefly allowed trades on when a nuclear weapon was likely to be detonated.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Kalshi is a first Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The toymaker, which is publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has nearly 600 physical stores across 18 countries, according to its September 2025 half-year financial report.
—Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
These funds track the price of silver and trade on stock exchanges like regular shares.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Myers was asked about his return to Texas shortly after the trade on Wednesday.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Given that reality, that the organization was able to cleanly execute a Myers trade on Wednesday morning is a meaningful indicator of good process and competence for a Canucks hockey operations group that has enjoyed precious few wins over the past 18 months.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
More optimistically, Templeman said that information technology as a whole is now trading on par with the rest of the market, even below valuations seen during the 2022 sell-off, at least in relative terms.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
In the wake of the first strikes on Iran, Polymarket briefly allowed trades on when a nuclear weapon was likely to be detonated.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Trade on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20on. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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