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pourparler

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Definition of pourparler

as in consultancy

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Despite the retail reach, Hema Bose, founder and director of brand consultancy Maison Bose, who works with the house on developing its global footprint, says the new atelier answers a different need.

— Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
Regional funds are forecast to invest $136 billion by year-end, making 2026 their second-busiest on record, according to consultancy Global SWF.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of consultancy

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On the second day of mediation, the firms engage in negotiations.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
The two countries have been mired in deadlocked trade negotiations, have sparred over the US threatening sanctions over India’s purchase of oil from Russia, and are now at loggerheads over immigration.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiation

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With greater bargaining power after acquisitions, hospital systems can negotiate higher commercial prices for health care services, which can in turn raise premiums.

— Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
There are currently 486 unresolved issues when combining all 10 bargaining groups — one for each bargaining unit and a master that applies to each unit — and nearly 248 tentative agreements.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of bargaining

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Many of Slam Frank’s reference points belong to a recent, but given the accelerated feeling of discourse in the present moment, already distant past.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
For days, my TikTok became a nearly ceaseless scroll of Last Ditch discourse.

— Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of discourse

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One supervisor gave a brief disquisition on the history of corporate personhood, how it was created from a headnote in an 1886 Supreme Court case.

— Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Recently, at a candidates forum outside Dallas, Larry Brock expressed the following sentiments as part of a lengthy disquisition on the Muslim faith.

— Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of disquisition

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And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city.

— Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023

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