trade
noun
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries.
was trading
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past progressiveof trade.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading above $105 a barrel in early European trading Friday, while West Texas Intermediate hovered around $101 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The price of Brent is some way off the $120 it hit in April, but remains well above the $70 it was trading at before the conflict started.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Brent crude was trading at around $97 a barrel Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The stock was trading Tuesday at around $60, off highs of more than $150 reached in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“She told me that she was trading me for your work, so you can take me with you,” I said in my polite voice.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
