How to Use trade show in a Sentence

trade show

noun
  • The company unveiled a new product at the annual trade show this week.
  • The next trade show cycle will be here in the blink of an eye.
    — Chris Goddard, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Walk into a crowded beach shack, a trade show or a sales pitch.
    — Sahil Gandhi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Since an annual trade show is a one-off, foot traffic is the game.
    — Tracy King, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The candy show was the city’s first large trade show in the pandemic.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2022
  • For more information on the expo, click here for the trade show booths.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The professional wholesale venue is open five times a year for trade show events.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Over — at least for now — are the trade show parties and winter visits to warm locales.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • First thing’s first, Paris Fashion Week is, when laid bare, a trade show.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The Rodeo is part stadium event, part shopping mall, part food hall, part trade show.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But the word trade shows up 32 times in the minutes, though not all of it is negative.
    — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The guy at the trade show with the Gucci pitch shows up whenever a new substance emerges.
    — Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
  • Hollis said Luker got the idea at a trade show and modified it to fit the store’s needs.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], al, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Much of the trade show’s flashy tech will never hit store shelves, but here are a few gadgets that are already available.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 14 Jan. 2021
  • On his weekends and days off, Tidrow takes his spice packages to trade shows and events to sell them — hand out samples.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2017
  • The inventors may be able to show the robot to spectators on demand, such as at a trade show.
    — Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The two shared a stage as speakers at a trade show in Dallas in February.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The news came at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But here in mid-October for the world’s biggest TV trade show?
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Intel plans on sharing more at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
  • The Brink’s global services website lists the trade show locations on a link to trade shows.
    — Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • And 99% uptime over the duration of a four day trade show is still impressive.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The number of exhibitors for the trade show was also reduced from 50 to 16.
    — Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Italian trade show Salone del Mobile.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Now, as its venue undergoes a major renovation, the trade show is set to enter a new era.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The plans for the Wendell Scott project began to take shape shortly after at, of all places, a trade show.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Attendees can move in and out of forums and the trade show just like in-person events thanks to a new platform called Hopin.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Every trade show floor was filled with futuristic demos, bold concepts and promises of what stores could become.
    — Gadi Graus, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • In my view, the most successful franchisors are no longer waiting for the next trade show or relying solely on word of mouth.
    — Jonathan Durante, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In partnership with Barnes, the trade show will be held at the Carrousel du Louvre.
    — Fairchild Studio, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024

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