traded
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past participleof trade.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
tradenounthe act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries. -
past tense formof trade.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tradenounthe act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries.
Example Sentences
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They have traded the lush tree-lined avenues of central Delhi for rows of nearly identical concrete blocks, with open fields stretching beyond.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Cryptocurrencies are digital assets traded on exchanges such as Binance.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
So-called dual- or multi-class ownership structures, once rare for publicly traded companies, have been debated on Wall Street for more than 100 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Last week, they traded eight-time Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to Seattle, and dealt star defensive tackle DeForest Buckner back to San Francisco, the team that drafted him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
More to the point, rich people were typically not invited to buy and sell esoteric securities, such as credit default swaps, not traded on open exchanges.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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