TRADED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

traded

verb

past tense of trade

as in dealt

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property the U.S. agreed to trade with China

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as in exchanged

to give up (something) and take something else in return I'll trade my chocolate chip cookie for your bag of chips

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Recent Examples of traded Political leaders traded accusations over Saturday's violence ahead of next spring's presidential election. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Brazil’s presidential candidates traded barbs in the first debate ahead of Sunday’s runoff, with polls showing a technical tie. — semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026 A little over 3,000 contracts traded, almost all call contracts -- likely traders rolling positions -- worth a total value less than $100,000, according to SpotGamma data. — Oliver Renick,tyler Bailey, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 Winters, a fourth-year pro who was traded to Dallas from the San Francisco 49ers in the offseason, entered Sunday as the Cowboys’ leading tackler this season with 35 (23 solo). — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026 This is good news for McCarthy, who was traded to the Giants from the Vikings last month. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Johnson retired last week and Jurgens was traded to Baltimore a day later. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Since then, the shop and Clarkson have traded messages on social media. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 12 Oct. 2026 And for the remainder of the night, members of the band traded off lead vocals, with Mike Love joining in on background vocals at times. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026

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William Contreras was coming off an All-Star season when Atlanta dealt him to Milwaukee as part of a December 2022 three-team trade in which the Braves also acquired Sean Murphy from the Athletics.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Douglas said Cameron was addicted to cocaine and heroin, dealt methamphetamine and carried a Glock for protection.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Jackson struck Chubb after the two exchanged words following the Bills' 37-34 overtime victory over the Rams at SoFi Stadium.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
In sharp contrast to sprawling industry conferences or high-volume networking mixers where business cards are exchanged in seven-minute increments, these occasions are engineered for depth, the co-founders said.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

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The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The team sold just 1,000 of them, bringing in a cool $1 million.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of sold

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Roberts had swapped Hernández and slumping Will Smith in the batting order, moving Hernández up to third and Smith down to fifth.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Factories first swapped the central steam plant that drove every machine through a system of rotating shafts for an electric motor.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026