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trade route

noun as in route for traders

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Although the subject sounds abstract, the examples are comfortably concrete, from ancient trade routes to 19th-century canals and railroads to modern highway systems.

Similarly, in the Pacific, interdiction by submarines and aerial mining of trade routes effectively depleted Japan’s fuel reserves by the war’s end.

The Allenby bridge is a key trade route for goods and medical supplies to enter the West Bank.

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It is a logistics hub where international trade routes converge.

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Europeans sought to find a quicker trade route with these areas by sailing west, but in doing so landed on the Americas instead.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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