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as in negotiated
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price
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as in agreed
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action
I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes
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as in arranged
to bring about through discussion and compromise
bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with
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Recent Examples of bargained
Union leaders bargained with the administration for those who were laid off to receive three months of severance, rather than two weeks of pay per year of service; three months of COBRA insurance coverage; and rehiring priority for any positions becoming vacant over the next two years.
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News Desk, Artforum, 3 Sep. 2025
Details about the appeal are confidential per arbitration standards and collectively bargained terms.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, each of those cases concerned players and collectively bargained arbitration processes.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Subsequently, Pakistan also bargained down the new American tariffs on its goods from 29% to 19% — relatively meek next to India’s rate.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
In many major North American professional sports, a single entity such as the NBA, NFL or MLB collects revenue from media rights, merchandising and other licensing and pays out a share to its athletes under the terms of an agreement that has been collectively bargained with their union.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
News Desk, Artforum, 3 Sep. 2025
Details about the appeal are confidential per arbitration standards and collectively bargained terms.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, each of those cases concerned players and collectively bargained arbitration processes.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Subsequently, Pakistan also bargained down the new American tariffs on its goods from 29% to 19% — relatively meek next to India’s rate.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
In many major North American professional sports, a single entity such as the NBA, NFL or MLB collects revenue from media rights, merchandising and other licensing and pays out a share to its athletes under the terms of an agreement that has been collectively bargained with their union.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargained
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The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Acquisitions Executive Max Hart and Kinology’s CEO Grégoire Melin.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Participation alone seems to be the end goal, the assemblage of a cacophony of voices without any avenues to interrogate the way power is shared or negotiated in collective spaces.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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As The Athletic reported this week, an internal meeting was held to identify targets in the position, but no profile of player was agreed upon to pursue, and in any case any purchase depended on the sale of Dani Ceballos.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Norfolk Southern, the railroad company with the most famous derailment of this century near a small Ohio town, has agreed to an $85 billion buyout.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Polymarket website on a smartphone arranged in Germantown, New York, US, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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The split will reverse a massive but largely unsuccessful 2015 merger arranged by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the investment firm 3G Capital, Heinz and Kraft’s owners at the time.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Angel City star forward Alyssa Thompson is heading overseas in the latest blow England’s WSL has dealt to the NWSL.—
Molly Geary,
Sportico.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tom and Robbie have been dealt bad hands.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Earlier this spring, the Globe concluded its investigation.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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It is said the bees gathered at the cemetery, resting on the tent over the grave and on the floral displays, returning to their hives after the service concluded.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The piece was held for weeks after the yacht came into port, as Vanity Fair haggled with PR.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Bargained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bargained. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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