How to Use trade up in a Sentence

trade up

verb
  • Which teams look most likely to trade up or down in first round?
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • Poles pressed the gas and made aggressive attempts to trade up.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Unless, of course, the Panthers trade up to get a higher pick.
    — Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Jacksonville traded up last year from the fifth spot in the draft to select Hunter.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In the end, the Steelers didn’t need to trade up for their quarterback of choice.
    — Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2022
  • 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 Texans also have two picks but no need to trade up, as one of those projects to be first overall.
    — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Dallas has traded up only once in the first round since Jim Nill took over.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
  • 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
  • Teams have to a pay a premium to trade up into the top-5 and draft a quarterback.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Give Grier credit for trading up for Howard.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Roku shares were trading up more than 5% Wednesday at noon on the Nasdaq.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Roseman had obtained the 10th pick via shrewd trades, then traded up one spot to get Carter.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • There’s a reason why the Patriots traded up for him in the second round.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026

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