How to Use trade show in a Sentence

trade show

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  • The company unveiled a new product at the annual trade show this week.
  • The state’s largest trade show is back for a 38th year.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The news came at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The candy show was the city’s first large trade show in the pandemic.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Held twice a year in the spring and fall, the High Point Market is the world's largest home furnishings trade show.
    — Regina Cole, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Then, in late May, Ms. Nie was at a weeklong trade show in Shanghai.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The number of exhibitors for the trade show was also reduced from 50 to 16.
    — Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Hollis said Luker got the idea at a trade show and modified it to fit the store’s needs.
    — Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In 1981, Sui sold her first pieces to Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s at a trade show.
    — Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Since an annual trade show is a one-off, foot traffic is the game.
    — Tracy King, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The plans for the Wendell Scott project began to take shape shortly after at, of all places, a trade show.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The two shared a stage as speakers at a trade show in Dallas in February.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Watch Week, the watch trade show and forum the family has hosted since 2015.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The annual trade show took place last week in Las Vegas.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Over — at least for now — are the trade show parties and winter visits to warm locales.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The Galaxy Ring — notably also not a phone — was one of the big stories to come out of this phone-centric trade show.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The Brink’s global services website lists the trade show locations on a link to trade shows.
    — Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • Men’s Fashion Week and the biannual menswear trade show, Pitti Uomo, is off to the races.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Attendees can move in and out of forums and the trade show just like in-person events thanks to a new platform called Hopin.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Before long, trade show exhibitors started pulling the plug.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2021
  • The year’s biggest trade show for video games doesn’t take place until June, but the organizers pulled the plug on March 11.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2021
  • At the trade show, Mr. Green met with a supplier who could make something sturdier.
    — John Herrman, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Much of the trade show’s flashy tech will never hit store shelves, but here are a few gadgets that are already available.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 14 Jan. 2021
  • And 99% uptime over the duration of a four day trade show is still impressive.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The changes in trade show environments make this an ideal time for exhibitors to up their game.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The couple took their invention on the road, traveling to a trade show in the Chicago suburbs.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Nitro coffee is a great example of something that went the trade show route first.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The metaverse is expected to be a hot topic this week at the annual tech trade show CES.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Classic men’s wear like summer suiting, linen button-down shirts and Italian leather footwear are tradition at Pitti Uomo, the bi-annual men’s trade show in Florence.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 June 2024
  • Their friendship solidified when Mellberg came to town for a Performance Racing Industry trade show two years ago.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024

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