1
as in dealing
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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2
as in exchanging
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 trading
The per share allocation price was 103 rupees, and the stock was last trading 64% higher at 169 rupees.
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Shares are still trading at lower levels, even as the company progresses toward profitability and broadens its ecosystem beyond ride-hailing and delivery to include payments, lending, and digital banking.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite high metal prices, gold equities are not trading at historical top valuations.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The Padres might come to regret trading Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, but another trade deadline acquisition, Freddy Fermin, has provided a decent upgrade at a position of glaring weakness.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Shares are still trading at lower levels, even as the company progresses toward profitability and broadens its ecosystem beyond ride-hailing and delivery to include payments, lending, and digital banking.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite high metal prices, gold equities are not trading at historical top valuations.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The Padres might come to regret trading Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, but another trade deadline acquisition, Freddy Fermin, has provided a decent upgrade at a position of glaring weakness.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trading
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Philadelphia Phillies starter Aaron Nola was dealing through four innings.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Tight end Dae’Quan Wright added 9 receptions for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns as Ole Miss tied its highest point total ever against an SEC opponent while dealing Arkansas one of the most painful home losses of the Coach Sam Pittman era.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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In her memoir Melania, published in October 2024, the first lady also reportedly wrote about a friendship with the royal family and exchanging letters with King Charles.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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The ChatGPT study confirmed the huge reach OpenAI has, with 700 million active weekly users, or almost 10% of the global population, exchanging some 18 billion messages with the chatbot every week.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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James was charged with distribution of a class B substance, trafficking fentanyl above 10 grams, possession of class B substance with intent to distribute, and conspiracy to violate drug laws.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Over the years Philippine counter-trafficking projects have found some ways to increase financial self-reliance, for instance by starting fair trade farming projects.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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As the equinox ushers in fall, consider shifting your wardrobe by swapping your bathing suits, linens, and sandals for cozy cashmere and wool sweaters and staples like leather boots and silk scarves.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
18 Sep. 2025
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There, former and current users of 7-OH document their struggles to quit, swapping advice, venting frustrations and chronicling the often brutal process of withdrawal.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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Large swaths of one floor selling scarves were focused on headscarves, or hijabs.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The move has been met with backlash from producers who have in the past used Channel 4 commissions as a bedrock to build their businesses by retaining the IP and selling it around the world.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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With new models and ways to process these models changing rapidly, the GPU is a more practical solution than an ASIC for most IA applications.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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But there's also some potentially world-changing implications that raises the stakes of this adventure.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
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Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Teamsters announced on Facebook late Friday that their negotiating team has a tentative agreement for members to vote on, ending the strike and allowing next weekend’s Farm Aid concert to continue as planned at the U’s Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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As the dish spread, variations began to pop up with some cooks substituting different kinds of beef, adding carrots for extra sweetness, or adapting it to a soup, like this recipe.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Taking the question further, and assuming the Fed capable of the magic that Democrats, Republicans and even libertarians ascribe to it, won’t private capital retreat overcome the Fed substituting itself for the marketplace in the first place?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trading. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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