How to Use trade route in a Sentence

trade route

noun
  • Those trade routes have been called the Gold Road.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • If not Coyle, the Leafs could turn to the trade route.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • There is no river, no mountain, no trade route, no port.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • So the trade route hasn’t provided the best results thus far.
    — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Linz was on an Adriatic trade route that was the source of the torte’s spices and lemon.
    — Carolyn Wyman, Philly.com, 4 Dec. 2017
  • The trade route may be the better road for Bowman this summer.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • So teams with money to spend either have to look to the trade route or be bold with an offer sheet.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Teams are expected to turn to the trade route in bids to improve their rosters.
    — John Wawrow, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
  • Ideas traveled along trade routes and storylines.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Hormuz is one of the world's most important trade routes for oil and gas supplies.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 May 2026
  • Some countries, like Iraq, would like to open trade routes through Syria.
    — Edward Wong, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The trade route could be interesting.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • The pet cat may also speak to the exchange of goods and culture that took place along the historic trade route.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2020
  • Xinhua was clear as to why a trade route above Canada would be appealing.
    — Adam Taylor, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Theotokas believes the position of the Suez as a world trade route will remain strong.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 31 May 2021
  • Its location is key for Arctic defense and trade routes.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • For centuries, these islands have been at the crossroads of empires, trade routes and cultures.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The idea is to trace how artists traveled, interacted, and changed along maritime trade routes.
    — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Both indices tracked declines in spot rates on Asia-to-Europe trade routes.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Iran is largely attacking the city in an effort to disrupt global trade routes.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Global power is no longer defined only by oil, trade routes, or military reach.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • The remains of the Nepali man were found near an ancient trade route crossing the Himalayas.
    — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
  • So building trade routes through Pakistan and Central Asia makes sense.
    — Anja Manuel, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2017
  • This will also hold up ships, already in short supply and now locked into the port, from keeping the trade routes flowing.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Longer term, shifting trade routes for oil, gas, and other commodities will require pipelines.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • From there, the Amerongen sailed east, plying colonial trade routes around Java.
    — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2026
  • The Java Sea has been an important passage in trade routes for centuries.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 17 May 2018
  • The site lies along ancient trade routes and shows evidence of habitation dating back thousands of years, the same source said.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Amouage looked to history, when Omanis sailed to China on the trade route.
    — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
  • But the region is landlocked, relying on Turkey and Iran for trade routes.
    — Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2017

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