How to Use trade-in in a Sentence

trade-in

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• Carrier deals and trade-ins could help lower the cost of the iPhone 16e, though.
  — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
• The popular Target car seat trade-in event is back for the next two weeks.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
• Newegg will now take your old GPU off your hands in exchange for a trade-in credit on a new one.
  — Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
• Click here for more information on how the trade-in process works.
  — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
• The trade-in vehicle must be at least 12 years old or fail an emissions test.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 30 Aug. 2023
• Find out how much your current vehicle will be worth be as a trade-in.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
• Target's popular child car seat trade-in event is back and underway through the end of the month.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• The average age is but 3.3 years for a trade-in when consumers are upside down on their car loan.
  — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
• In the last month, the company has offered $251 to trade-in any old phone and launched a new exclusive discount code.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
• Samsung has upped trade-in prices and knocked a further $100 off the device if bought in select colors.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Will the residual trade-in be hurt by the Impreza’s battery issue?
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• An iPhone 14 Plus in good condition would get you that trade-in value, for instance.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Regardless of your payment method, Apple will send a trade-in kit.
  — Nick Guy, wsj.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• So many buyers have been priced out of the new-car market that fewer trade-ins are landing on dealer lots.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• The result is that the owners of 1 in 6 new vehicles sold last quarter (with a trade-in) now owe more on their cars than the cars themselves are worth.
  — Sara Lang, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
• Leverage your trade-in Dealerships are looking for cars to sell.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
• Includes a free storage upgrade, up to $900 trade-in credit.
  — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
• Notably, the trade-ins were not put toward purchases of new Teslas.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
• Samsung will pay the remaining installments or 50 percent of the retail price with a trade-in to the next upgrade.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
• The unrest comes as Tesla’s stock value has dropped by more than 40%, and trade-ins of Tesla vehicles have reached an all-time high.
  — The National Desk, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
• Target introduced its first car seat trade-in program in April 2016.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• What stores participate in the Target car seat trade-in program?
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2024
• The average age of trade-ins for both new and used vehicles is starting to rise, the appraisal service reports.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 May 2024
• Those placing a pre-order can look forward to more storage, more colors and more trade-in value.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
• Lines were waited in, trade-ins were made, all in the hopes that the newest model would be the game changer at a time when tech giants are dropping new smartphones like hot cakes.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023
• Not every phone qualifies for the maximum $1,000 trade-in, in which case the monthly cost would be different, of course.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
• Google has also boosted trade-in prices when buying a Pixel 9 handset.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• So your transaction cost might be a little higher on new, but it could be offset by a trade-in vehicle.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
• For now, trade-in pricing remains stable and generous, so that is usually the best route to getting paid for your old device.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
• Monthly payments continue to trend higher because of interest rates but also because trade-in values of cars continue to go down.
  — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2025

trade in

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• The stock has been trading in the $800s for more than two months now.
  — Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
• The stock traded in the range of about $46 to more than $54 today.
  — Nathan Bomey, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
• One of the women had complained about the drug trade in the building.
  — Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 3 June 2024
• Blitzer traded in the cocktail for a suit and tie and was on the air at noon PT.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2024
• Most of the name stocks also trade in the U.S. over the counter, albeit at low volumes.
  — Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
• Plus, most of the world’s oil conducts trades in U.S. dollars.
  — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• He was acquired in a trade in which Rays ace Tyler Glasnow was dealt to the Dodgers.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• From a top five prospect for the Dodgers to being traded in a span of two seasons.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
• All of which offers Erskine the chance to trade in her bowl cut.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
• In other words, The Last of Us doesn’t trade in darkness for darkness’ sake.
  — WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023
• Lawrence traded in her beloved tank tops for a white waistcoat.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2023
• The midfielder was part of one of the biggest trades in the Wave’s short history.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
• He's played just three games since coming to the team via trade in February. ...
  — David Brandt, ajc, 15 Mar. 2023
• Our roux starts with butter, but feel free to trade in bacon fat, ghee, or oil.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2023
• Yet, Ishbia stacked all the Suns’ chips at the table and went all in with the Durant trade in his third day with the franchise.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
• Daddy Yankee is trading in his days at the club for more days at church.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• Beijing was caught off guard by Mr. Trump’s changing the rules of global trade in his first term.
  — Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
• Time to trade in her pink convertible for a baby stroller!
  — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2024
• Her presence is one of those good/bad trades in the evolution of college sports.
  — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
• But the Suns' trade for Kevin Durant could end up as the best trade in Arizona sports history.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• Gleb Savchenko is trading in his Dancing shoes for cowboy boots — and not much else.
  — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
• That could very well be one of the most one-sided trades in recent MLS history.
  — Michael Lewis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
• And if afternoon tea is on the cards, the staff trades in Earl Grey for rich hot chocolate and coloring books.
  — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2024
• One is injured and has missed the whole season, whereas the other was traded in the summer.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
• In the image from the set, Rinna trades in her signature short hair for a long copper wig with bangs.
  — Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• Outside of Adams, there are a number of veterans the Raiders could trade in order to build for the future.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• The Dodgers didn’t make a blockbuster midseason trade in either year.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• That likely means four more contentious weeks, unless the Colts find a trade in that time or one of the sides has a dramatic change of heart.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
• Los Angeles is going to need to make a trade in the near future to shore up its pitching staff this season.
  — Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
• In the immediate aftermath of the post, S&P 500 futures quickly traded in a forty-point range.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025