How to Use trade route in a Sentence

trade route

noun
Definition of trade routenext
  • 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
  • In the past, Dubai Creek was part of the trade route connecting ports in the Arabian Gulf.
    — Latifah Al-Hazza, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
  • These two ports are the chokehold for the dominant Asian-U.S. trade route.
    — Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • So the trade route hasn’t provided the best results thus far.
    — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The remains of the Nepali man were found near an ancient trade route crossing the Himalayas.
    — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
  • 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
  • The cards appear to have spread along trade routes, first to Egypt and then to Europe by the 14th century.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Theotokas believes the position of the Suez as a world trade route will remain strong.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 31 May 2021
  • Some countries, like Iraq, would like to open trade routes through Syria.
    — Edward Wong, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The problems are especially acute on the Asia-to-U.S. trade route.
    — David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The ship, the Ever Given, ran aground in March and blocked the crucial global trade route for nearly a week.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 8 July 2021
  • But an economic lifeline has emerged from what was long viewed as a high-risk trade route: the Black Sea.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Looming ahead, Highway 6, tracing the Via Maris, the major trade route of the ancient world.
    — Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2015
  • The story of the trade route from Asia to the Mediterranean world is commonly thought to begin in the first century A.D.
    — Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The Canaanites were pagans who once lived along an important trade route in an area now known as the Gaza Strip.
    — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2022
  • Chinese ties to the Arabian peninsula date back to the Silk Road, as the region was part of that trade route.
    — Warren P. Strobel, WSJ, 25 May 2021
  • Beijing has moved to lay claim to islands in the South China Sea, a major global trade route.
    — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The discovery suggests Cyprus’ importance as a link on the trade route that once spanned across the Mediterranean.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 1 July 2019
  • In 1832 the edge of a worldwide pandemic of cholera washed up on the East Coast of the U.S., carried into port cities by ships plying trade routes.
    — Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The idea was to re-create the old Silk Road—the trade routes between East and West that were the foundations of the world’s first truly global commerce.
    — By vivienne Walt, Fortune, 22 July 2019
  • So building trade routes through Pakistan and Central Asia makes sense.
    — Anja Manuel, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Tens of thousands of sailors plied trade routes that reached into the Arctic, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
    — Dagomar Degroot, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The road is so old that it’s even mentioned in the Old Testament as an important trade route during the Iron Age.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2024
  • Xinhua was clear as to why a trade route above Canada would be appealing.
    — Adam Taylor, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Barents died in 1597, after his ship became trapped in ice during an attempt to crest the top of the world and find a trade route to China.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The move jeopardizes a key trade route from Ukraine, one of the world’s top grain and vegetable oil shippers, just as its next harvest kicks off.
    — Megan Durisin, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • The city was the historic terminus for jingling, snorting camel trains on trade routes later dubbed the Silk Road.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • If Leonard has played his last game in San Antonio, deciding which trade route to go will be the Spurs’ challenge.
    — Jabari Young, San Antonio Express-News, 1 May 2018
  • For Moscow, this is all part of a race with the West to create new trade routes to compensate for the economic rupture caused by the war in Ukraine.
    — Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
  • With this new study, researchers wanted to figure out where the limestone came from, in hopes of better understanding 17th-century trade routes.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024

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