TRADED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

traded

verb

past tense of trade

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 Forecasting tournaments and election markets have beaten their baselines, but no study has shown a crowd signal can be traded profitably at scale. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The 23-year-old jumped off the tape during his limited touches after getting traded to Philadelphia last season, and few , if any, offer Bigsby’s upside at his ADP. — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Former Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, whom San Francisco traded to Cleveland in May, went hitless in four at-bats with an RBI in his first game against his former team. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 The firm noted that these asset classes point to a market with significant headroom for growth—one that could hold a meaningful share of the region’s investable assets, reshaping how capital is issued, traded and allocated. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 These luxury houses increasingly resemble sports franchises, with star designers traded, poached, and recruited across warring corporate empires. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026 The veteran left-hander has only lost once in 12 appearances (11 starts and one six-inning scoreless relief outing) since being traded to the Dodgers on May 17, going 7-1 with four no-decisions, all of them resulting in Dodgers wins. — Owen Perkins, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2026 The deal is the first by an African institution to be listed, traded, and settled on a regulated digital exchange. — Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Antetokounmpo was traded to the Heat this summer after spending the first 13 seasons of his NBA career with the Bucks. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026

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Taylor Swift has been dealt a devastating blow just weeks after exchanging vows with Travis Kelce.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2026
The war has dealt another major blow to Iran’s economy, deepening the state of economic crisis the country was already in.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dealt

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The pair also exchanged views on recent diplomatic efforts aimed at advancing political and diplomatic solutions, the statement read, without going into further details.

— August 20, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
And then a full-on brawl with punches exchanged to top it off.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of exchanged

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Investigators determined that multiple RVs may have been sold at Carson Pass RV in Lockeford without proper notification to their rightful owners and without completing the required Department of Motor Vehicles documentation.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Merck last year sold nearly $32 billion worth of pembrolizumab, a drug that’s FDA-approved for more than 40 cancer conditions.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sold

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While on tour together, Rise Against and Architects even swapped members while playing each other’s namesake songs.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
To grow the bottom line, executives are focused on both bolstering the network’s place as the cable bundle’s most valuable channel and reaching a new generation of fans who have largely swapped channel flipping with feed swiping.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of swapped

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Alaves' Ángel Pérez was reprimanded by coach Quique Sánchez Flores after being substituted and punching the bench several times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Kane scored twice, his first goal a penalty, in the first half of that 4-2 defeat in Arlington before Vuskovic was substituted after 66 minutes of his sixth senior outing for his country.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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The small business, incorporated in 2017, changed its name from Hanes Road Carryout to Beaver’s Mini Mart in January 2025, according to the paperwork.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Stanford is his first college coaching job, but Richard said his approach hasn’t changed.

— Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026