as in negotiator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
if you two cannot resolve this argument on your own, we'll have to bring in a mediator
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Recent Examples of mediator
That's according to Egyptian mediators, a senior Hamas official and an additional official involved in the talks.
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Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Administration officials backed up the president’s statements despite pushback from Iranian officials that the talks would be conducted through a mediator.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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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Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Administration officials backed up the president’s statements despite pushback from Iranian officials that the talks would be conducted through a mediator.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediator
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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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Her instinct is to play peacemaker and keep the whole group together.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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But in the speech Trump skipped over this move entirely, choosing instead to mention a conciliatory new letter Zelensky had sent him and portraying himself as a would-be peacemaker.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2025
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Even so, sailings from China to the US fell 60% in April, according to Flexport, a logistics and freight forwarding broker.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
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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So is the nominee to be the ambassador to Greece (who is also Don Jr.'s former fiancée).—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
10 May 2025
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Off-screen, Reiner serves as an ambassador and board member for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and is also an active volunteer firefighter.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
9 May 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
Noun
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Skip the middleman and devise your own romantic tale.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Angara’s high-quality jewelry inventory is more accessible and more affordable, thanks to the brand cutting out the middleman.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
7 May 2025
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If an umpire calls a pitch a strike that misses the plate but hits that buffer zone, the buffer means he isn’t penalized for an incorrect call.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Diversifying income streams provides another buffer and opportunity to stuff some extra cash away.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
1 May 2025
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Donald Sterling, former US attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said hiring Burroughs as an assistant US attorney years ago was an easy decision.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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The latest claim was leveled by Adam Schleifer, formerly an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, in a filing last week with the Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles wrongful termination appeals from federal workers.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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“Mediator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediator. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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