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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This effort challenges China's broad maritime claims and supports essential global trade routes that are important to both the U.S. and Europe.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Another interpretation was that Moscow had allowed Baku to win the Karabakh war for now, but fully expecting a piece of the pie in return - and that piece would effectively restore Russian control over the trade route and its former colonies in Central Asia.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Once a sheltered trade route for the Vikings, the archipelago became a haven for Swedish glitterati in the late twentieth century.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 19 May 2025
The expert pointed to changes in trade routes, earthquakes and environmental changes as possible reasons.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Another interpretation was that Moscow had allowed Baku to win the Karabakh war for now, but fully expecting a piece of the pie in return - and that piece would effectively restore Russian control over the trade route and its former colonies in Central Asia.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Once a sheltered trade route for the Vikings, the archipelago became a haven for Swedish glitterati in the late twentieth century.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 19 May 2025
The expert pointed to changes in trade routes, earthquakes and environmental changes as possible reasons.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade route
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“Trade route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20route. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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