How to Use trade route in a Sentence

trade route

noun

• 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
• Located on an ancient trade route, the area was long home to merchants and artisans, but not much art.
  — Sakshi Agrawal, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 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

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024