How to Use trade up in a Sentence
trade up
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In the end, the Steelers didn’t need to trade up for their quarterback of choice.
—Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2022
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Which teams look most likely to trade up or down in first round?
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
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Any team that trades up to No. 1 wants Clingan or Risacher, not Sarr.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 June 2024
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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
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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
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Golden State spent $2 million to trade up with the Atlanta Hawks from the 51st pick to acquire him on draft night.
—C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 June 2022
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Dallas has traded up only once in the first round since Jim Nill took over.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
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Roku shares were trading up more than 5% Wednesday at noon on the Nasdaq.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
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Nike shares are currently trading up about 2.1% on the day.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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Joseph takes the kids and their gear every August to evaluate what fits and what needs to be traded up.
—Laura Daily, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
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After all, owners who are locked in at low mortgage rates are unlikely to want to trade up for a rate in the 6.6% to 8% range.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
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Johnson, the 6-5 wing from Tennessee, was high on the Clippers’ draft board, which led them to trade up four spots to get him with the 21st overall pick.
—Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2021
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Morgan then traded up into the first round of April’s draft to bring in Xavier Legette as a big target for Young.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2024
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And with home prices expected to rise and mortgage rates at a 23-year peak, trading up to a more resilient home is out of the question for many.
—Jon Bostock, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
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Pickens is likely to be available when the Packers are on the clock at picks No. 22 and 28, meaning Gutekunst wouldn't need to trade up for him.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
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But many IPOs typically trade up their first day and then lose those gains in the following weeks.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
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The Bruins nearly traded up (with Arizona) to draft him third overall in 2015.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
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Gold has also hit several all-time-highs this year and was trading up 14% year-to-date as of Wednesday.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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The Lions traded up two more times and rounded out their draft class by addressing their front lines.
—Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2024
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In the past, players could still be traded up until August 31 if they were put on waivers and went unclaimed by the other 29 clubs.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
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The 49ers traded their first-round picks this year and next to Miami in order to trade up for quarterback Trey Lance in last year’s draft.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
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The goal is to encourage people sitting on large gains in the value of their homes to trade up to newer and larger apartments.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
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Seeing that, Ziegler traded up for the 35th pick and selected Mayer.
—James Weber, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023
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Benchmark Brent crude oil traded up some 4% Friday at over $80 a barrel.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Jan. 2024
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Initially, shares traded up 5%. $30 for your first 3 months.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 6 Feb. 2024
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That pick was used to trade up to select goaltender Sebastian Cossa, who is earmarked to be the team's goaltender of the future.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2022
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Garoppolo is angry because the 49ers made a huge deal to trade up in next month’s draft in order to land his replacement.
—Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2021
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The film’s devotees may enjoy revisiting some lines and scenes, but at this stage of the musical’s development, the switch to the stage isn’t a trade up.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 7 June 2022
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Armstrong quickly grew to love the neighborhood, the block, and the house — and showed no interest in trading up to a more glamorous residence.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2023
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Washington was willing to trade up one spot to keep another team from jumping ahead of them and taking Coulibaly.
—Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2023
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