chaffering

present participle of chaffer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaffering
Verb
  • After making one of the biggest trades before the trade deadline this season, dealing three-time All-Star Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants, the Red Sox were in the middle of rumors for most of the big-name players on the trade block.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Browns are still dealing, even with a division rival.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The pair love spending time together—often just chatting for hours.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Parents can already set time limits on app use and see if their teenagers are chatting with AI characters, Meta said.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In its coverage of the case, the Herald raised questions about Menchel’s role in negotiating the deal.
    Julie K Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Now Mayor Mike Johnston and the City Council are negotiating over just how much city services should be cut.
    Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The brain’s circuits are all built from a mixture of inhibitory and excitatory cells conversing in diverse ways.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Powered by Apple Intelligence, a new Live Translation mode is said to deliver near real-time language translation to your ears when conversing with someone who speaks another language.
    Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sernatinger said the union hopes to begin bargaining in October, after settling a dispute with Pathfinders management over which positions were covered under OPEIU Local 39.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Contenders for the leadership of Brazil’s right wing coalition are already emerging and are bargaining for Bolsonaro’s endorsement for being presidential candidates in the 2026 elections.
    Adriana Carranca, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The group runs through rapid-fire questions about what stood out and what is coming around the corner after four concentrated days on the Croisette talking business and international distribution.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His business partner, Vahid (Vahid Mobbaseri), is upstairs on the phone, talking to a relative.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Posey did not draw out the process by haggling with Willy Adames or balk at a no-trade clause or give pause to breaking his own record for the largest contract in franchise history.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rapid escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies has sunk stocks, rattling investors and industries by igniting fears of a repeat of the tit-for-tat tariff battle in spring, when levies on Chinese and American imports soared to around 145% and 120% respectively.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Two sisters with a tragic story are said to linger upstairs at Langston’s Western Wear, and unexplained voices and rattling glassware have been heard at Gabriella’s Italian Grill, a Prohibition-era building with a gangsters and gambling history.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Chaffering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaffering. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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