negotiator

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Recent Examples of negotiator The Virginia State Police tactical team and a negotiator were brought to the scene. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in earlier talks with the United States, provided a rare public acknowledgment of the internal divide. — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Kristin, a cool, calm, and collected crisis negotiator from the purple tribe, negotiates with Kilby, a game designer from Canada on the yellow tribe. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 Former Tigray lead peace negotiator Getachew Reda, now an adviser to the prime minister, accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front of attacking government positions in Afar and Amhara despite efforts to avoid another war. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Vice Premier He and China’s chief trade negotiator Li Chenggang left the talks at JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York without speaking to media. — CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 During negotiations to set up the fund, one negotiator emphasized the need for resources to be accessible within 24 to 48 hours of a climate disaster. — Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 The union’s chief negotiator, Bobby Roy, said bargaining remains paused Thursday. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Bobby Roy, the union's chief negotiator, said the state rejected proposals from the union without making a counterproposal. — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiator
Noun
  • Friday’s impasse approval will bring in a third-party mediator to oversee negotiations between the two parties, who each blame the other for failing to bargain productively.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Pakistan sought to establish itself as a mediator earlier this year, working with other countries in the region to end the conflict.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Prosecutors said in court that a homeowner named Miguel Mora reached out to Taliento seeking a loan modification to reduce his mortgage payments and that Taliento instructed Mora to pay her instead as an intermediary.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • At issue are certain use cases of Section 351 exchanges, in which wealthy individuals, through an intermediary, create new ETFs with a basket of highly appreciated stocks.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The candidate forum moderators noted that such proposals have failed in Congress at least 15 times since 2003.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • They’ll be joined by host and moderator James Austin Johnson of Saturday Night Live.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Negotiator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiator. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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