How to Use trade up in a Sentence

trade up

verb
  • Dolphins trade up, get pick from 49ers.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • A lot of people want to trade up for a different card.
    — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2025
  • This forced a small trade up for the Cowboys to secure their guy.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This forced a small trade up for the Cowboys to secure their guy.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There has to be something worth trading up for to get a trade partner.
    — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That left room for growth as consumers began trading up.
    — Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Since then, Schoen has only traded up.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And to trade up to make this pick, as Phoenix did, only adds to my questions.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Would the Panthers be more inclined to trade up or down in the first round of the draft?
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Jacksonville traded up last year from the fifth spot in the draft to select Hunter.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The second option is trading up.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
  • The contracts trade up or down depending on the action.
    — Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Comcast, the third suitor, was trading up about 1%.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
  • If that happens, the Jets may want to trade up to land one of the two elite quarterbacks.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The Dallas Cowboys might be looking to trade up in the draft.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Nohl Williams, whom the Chiefs traded up to select in the third round of last year’s draft.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Will multiple preferred players fall to them, or will they be compelled to trade up?
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Mayaka never played a minute for Colorado, the team that traded up to take him.
    — Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Typically, teams don’t trade up early in the draft to pick players who are about to need surgery.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Give Grier credit for trading up for Howard.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a reason why the Patriots traded up for him in the second round.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
  • The new model prefers a slight lean toward trading up between picks 3 to 50.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The Packers traded up to draft a kicker … named Trey Smack.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a reason the Patriots decided to trade up to pick him.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • The Giants traded up for Dart on draft night, but are taking a slow approach with him.
    — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Could a trade up for Texas Tech edge rusher David Bailey be in the cards?
    — Staff Writter, Dallas Morning News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Both made the team last year, but Sai’vion Jones was a third-round pick whom the Broncos traded up for.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The stock was trading up 1% as of Tuesday afternoon.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This was a reasonable move for the Dolphins, who traded up 11 spots.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Keep things simple in slim sneakers and dainty jewelry, or trade up for suede boots and a designer bag.
    — Shelby Ying Hyde, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025

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