trade route
noun
1
: one of the sea-lanes ordinarily used by merchant ships
2
: a route followed by traders (as in caravans)
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But with most trade routes operating under an ever changing and legally uncertain cloud, the summer just might present more challenges for the current bull market.
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 30 May 2025
The town was known for its location along an ancient trade route connecting the desert region to Gaza, which was a Mediterranean port city at the time.
—Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
The researchers have since sailed more than 3,100 miles along historic Viking trade routes, as well as into the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat waterway separating Sweden from Denmark.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
Read more: Why Trump wants Greenland: Military security, rare minerals, trade routes, for starters
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—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 30 May 2025
The town was known for its location along an ancient trade route connecting the desert region to Gaza, which was a Mediterranean port city at the time.
—Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
The researchers have since sailed more than 3,100 miles along historic Viking trade routes, as well as into the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat waterway separating Sweden from Denmark.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
Read more: Why Trump wants Greenland: Military security, rare minerals, trade routes, for starters
What do Greenlanders think?
—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade route
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“Trade route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20route. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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