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as in messenger
one that carries a message or does an errand
I won't act as go-between between you and your ex
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as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
acted as go-between for the two warring nations during the peace process
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Recent Examples of go-between
Amazon will act as a go-between, connecting customers to local dealerships that will remain the final sellers of the vehicles.
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Anita, Daniel, and Dag resolve to take matters in their own hands, pitching a new vision for Tecto straight to Shane — or rather to Bryson, acting until the end as Shane’s go-between.
—Jack King, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
No middlemen, no go-between red tape.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
The service is expected to start within the next few months and will also help Wing expand its drone delivery services to merchants located in areas where space is limited and who don’t want to hire extra staff to act as go-betweens.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 1 Oct. 2024
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Anita, Daniel, and Dag resolve to take matters in their own hands, pitching a new vision for Tecto straight to Shane — or rather to Bryson, acting until the end as Shane’s go-between.
—Jack King, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
No middlemen, no go-between red tape.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
The service is expected to start within the next few months and will also help Wing expand its drone delivery services to merchants located in areas where space is limited and who don’t want to hire extra staff to act as go-betweens.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go-between
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As messengers shuttle designer freebies to celebrities and florists burn the midnight oil to create welcome-to-the-city bouquets, the uninvited can still be part of the action not just by following the play-by-play on social media, but dressing the part.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
1 May 2025
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Ballard said Saint Germain trained him as a messenger who could lead others toward enlightenment.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The student played a leading role in last year’s campus protests about the rising death toll in Gaza in Israel’s war against Hamas and the university’s investment ties to Israel, acting as a mediator between Columbia administrators and student protesters.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hermosillo works out of the agency’s Los Angeles office in Glendale, staffed by five mediators and a supervisor.—
Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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These offerings allow restaurant chains to build delivery ordering into their own websites and apps, so customers can use their technology and couriers without having to go to the Uber or DoorDash apps or website.—
Natalie Lung,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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But Texas state lawmakers are considering forcing several changes, ranging from a legal ban on sales through courier companies to shutting down the agency by taking away all of its funding.—
Pilar Arias,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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This strategy helps it to bypass intermediaries and boost profit margins along the way.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Still, by cutting loose such on-the-ground intermediaries as MAP, their award-giving will no longer be as decentralized, and some grants will rely on personal invitations.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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In all, the fund has about $2 billion in liabilities versus about $1.2 billion in cash, testified Leah Marvin-Riley, the legislative liaison for the department, last week.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2025
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Body cameras, diversity training and community liaisons represent necessary but insufficient improvements to a system fundamentally designed to control rather than serve certain communities.—
Natasha Dartigue,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 2025
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Bill Ayers, a key member of the Weather Underground, recalled that Kennedy acted as middleman between the Brotherhood of Eternal Love and the Weather.—
Susannah Cahalan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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For starters, it’s been around since 2004 and has historically operated as a middleman between buyers and third-party sellers (think: eBay with way more fake Birkins).—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
10 Apr. 2025
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Real Estate Broker Commission Those affected by the real estate broker commission fees settlement must file by May 9 to secure payments.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Richards and the real estate broker share three daughters: Alexia Simone Umansky, 28, Sophia Kylie Umansky, 25, and Portia Umansky, 17.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Employee perks include free park admission, complimentary and discounted tickets for friends and family, in-park discounts, employee referral bonuses and ambassador events and previews, the news release says.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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Add Houston Rockets owner and ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, to the list of those dumbfounded by the Dallas Mavericks’ trade of Luka Doncic.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Go-between.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-between. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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