1
as in dealt
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
the U.S. agreed to trade with China
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as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return
I'll trade my chocolate chip cookie for your bag of chips
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Recent Examples of traded
Yet for African economies to fully benefit from this demand, global buyers and local producers alike must have confidence in how those resources are sourced and traded.
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Anu Adedoyin Adasolum, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Our thesis, which aligns with many other analysts’ views, is that the sum of DuPont’s two parts is worth more than the stock traded as a whole.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Schmidt was a sophomore at the University of Minnesota when the Wild traded him to San Jose.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
If one or both are traded before the deadline, that could indicate sweeping changes in the 2026 offseason.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said the men traded gunfire.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Okoro, the 24-year-old who was traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, is hoping to alter his leaguewide image.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The Four-Year Tax Efficiency Gap The January 2021 ban on crypto ETNs was a misguided attempt to protect retail consumers from highly speculative cryptoassets (Bitcoin traded at $40k at the time).
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Part of the original property became a luxury residential community, while a remaining portion traded hands for $900,000 in 2018.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
Anu Adedoyin Adasolum, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Our thesis, which aligns with many other analysts’ views, is that the sum of DuPont’s two parts is worth more than the stock traded as a whole.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Schmidt was a sophomore at the University of Minnesota when the Wild traded him to San Jose.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
If one or both are traded before the deadline, that could indicate sweeping changes in the 2026 offseason.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said the men traded gunfire.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Okoro, the 24-year-old who was traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, is hoping to alter his leaguewide image.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The Four-Year Tax Efficiency Gap The January 2021 ban on crypto ETNs was a misguided attempt to protect retail consumers from highly speculative cryptoassets (Bitcoin traded at $40k at the time).
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Part of the original property became a luxury residential community, while a remaining portion traded hands for $900,000 in 2018.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traded
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Days after winning the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership, a victory that would normally all but guarantee the premiership, Takaichi was dealt an unexpected setback.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Mitchell, who re-signed with the Heat on a two-year contract worth $24 million in free agency this past offseason, was dealt to Miami as part of the Jimmy Butler trade midway through last season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, though, Indigenous trade networks carried the shells thousands of miles, from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Plains, and were exchanged with tribes such as the Lakota and Ojibwe, where the shells began being used as a form of adornment, and even currency.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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Randrianirina said his soldiers had decided to stand with protesters and had exchanged gunfire with security forces who were attempting to quell weekend protests, and one of his soldiers was killed.—
NPR,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With more than 600 million copies of the books sold worldwide, and everything related to them continuing to do well years after the initial release of the books, one wonders how this series remains popular despite the deluge of young adult novels (and controversy) that followed it.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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Nearly nine years after sending that first cold email, the trio sold a majority stake of Lemon Pepper Holdings (Wingtop UK’s parent company) to Californian private equity firm Sixth Street just before the New Year.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That was not the first time Saka had swapped wings this season.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Identities are swapped, bodies are dropped and everything seems out of whack.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The club’s executives argue this could then impact the fee negotiated for the renewal or the signing of another centre-back.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The jury is still out on whether Hamas will blow up the landmark ceasefire agreement that President Donald Trump‘s team negotiated to bring an end to the war in Gaza.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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No substitutions for prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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The midfielder started his side’s World Cup qualifying win against Venezuela on Saturday morning before being substituted for Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister in the 78th minute.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hiring has rapidly changed since AI agents and interviewers came into the picture.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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By early February, Jessica Henninger realized something had drastically changed at her daughters' school at the Fort Campbell military base in Kentucky.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Traded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traded. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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