counteroffer

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Recent Examples of counteroffer The Trump administration is holding firm on its tariff plans despite tumbling global stock markets, counteroffers from America's trading partners, and growing Republican opposition in both the House and Senate. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025 His counteroffer punctures the fantasy instantly—and is equally romantic, in its way. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 If the employer resists your counteroffer, don't immediately concede. Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Both chambers recently left the government’s proposals out of their budget counteroffers. Benjamin Oreskes, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for counteroffer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counteroffer
Noun
  • Finally, the art of the deal requires counterproposals and a willingness to take a stand.
    Harvey Young, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Yet the effort to establish a counterproposal has yet to find success, either.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The proposal is set for a final City Council discussion on June 10.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
  • The plan includes a proposal to build 500,000 new housing units in the city over 10 years, but does not spell out how many of those apartments would be affordable.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • This will cover your first wager with BetMGM Sportsbook to take advantage of your welcome offer.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • Lawmakers are acting with urgency in a special session because the professional sports teams face an end of June deadline to accept a competing offer from Kansas while residents in St. Louis are struggling to recover from May storms that caused an estimated $1.6 billion of damage.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Backers of incorporation frame it as a win-win proposition.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
  • Betting against Musk has become a high-risk proposition, bordering on financial self-destruction.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Here are suggestions for staying safe during a thunderstorm: To lower the risk of lightning strikes, when going outdoors, develop a plan to reach a safer spot.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2025
  • Following President Trump’s suggestion that trade partners can avoid tariffs by increasing their purchases of U.S. energy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that investments from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan in the flagship LNG project could form the basis of a deal with those countries.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025

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“Counteroffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteroffer. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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