the negotiating table
noun
—used to say that people are having formal discussions in order to reach an agreement
The two sides in this dispute have returned to the negotiating table.
They came to an agreement at the negotiating table.
Examples of the negotiating table in a Sentence
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Over the next several months, periodically over drinks at the Waldorf Astoria, Bowser would quietly work to bring Leonsis back to the negotiating table, sweetening D.C.’s offer just as Leonsis’s plans were falling apart in Virginia’s General Assembly.
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Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Republicans at the negotiating table with White House officials successfully turned provisions to fund the Department of Homeland Security into a broader fight about immigration policy.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
France later blocked this directive as EU members went back to the negotiating table.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Mar. 2024
New battle lines are being drawn, but some states urged everyone to come back to the negotiating table to hash out a compromise all seven states could agree on, and the federal government will eventually approve.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
After the Super Bowl, Jones and the Chiefs will be back at the negotiating table.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
The vote came in retaliation against Johnson’s spending agreement as hard-line conservatives push the speaker to go back to the negotiating table for further cuts.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
But, the same cricket rights which may have brought Disney to the negotiating table may be a sticking point in the merger process.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
Suddenly, a topic that had not been anywhere near the negotiating table became a cause célèbre when Biden announced that Beijing had agreed to send over two more pandas to take up residence in San Diego.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2023
Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Republicans at the negotiating table with White House officials successfully turned provisions to fund the Department of Homeland Security into a broader fight about immigration policy.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
France later blocked this directive as EU members went back to the negotiating table.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Mar. 2024
New battle lines are being drawn, but some states urged everyone to come back to the negotiating table to hash out a compromise all seven states could agree on, and the federal government will eventually approve.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
After the Super Bowl, Jones and the Chiefs will be back at the negotiating table.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
The vote came in retaliation against Johnson’s spending agreement as hard-line conservatives push the speaker to go back to the negotiating table for further cuts.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
But, the same cricket rights which may have brought Disney to the negotiating table may be a sticking point in the merger process.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
Suddenly, a topic that had not been anywhere near the negotiating table became a cause célèbre when Biden announced that Beijing had agreed to send over two more pandas to take up residence in San Diego.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2023
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