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
• Which teams look most likely to trade up or down in first round?
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
• Any team that trades up to No. 1 wants Clingan or Risacher, not Sarr.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Dallas has traded up only once in the first round since Jim Nill took over.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• Roku shares were trading up more than 5% Wednesday at noon on the Nasdaq.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• Nike shares are currently trading up about 2.1% on the day.
  — Dividend Channel, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But many IPOs typically trade up their first day and then lose those gains in the following weeks.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
• The Bruins nearly traded up (with Arizona) to draft him third overall in 2015.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Seeing that, Ziegler traded up for the 35th pick and selected Mayer.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023
• Benchmark Brent crude oil traded up some 4% Friday at over $80 a barrel.
  — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Jan. 2024
• Initially, shares traded up 5%. $30 for your first 3 months.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 6 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024