trade up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Homeowners with low financing costs—or no mortgage at all—have little reason to trade up, while first-time buyers face higher financing costs for fewer options.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Moving from job to job allows workers to trade up to higher-paying employers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
The announcement seemed to breathe a bit of life into some names of the AI trade: shares of Microsoft regained their losses from earlier in the day to trade up 0.3%.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
Amphenol shares initially dropped 6.6% after Nvidia unveiled its cable-free Rubin AI chip platform, but recovered to trade up 0.7%.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
“That’s pretty cool. But you’ll definitely have to trade up from Charlie.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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