counteroffer

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Recent Examples of counteroffer At the same time, Anderson recruited Burkle as the heavy hitting investor behind a counteroffer to keep the team in Sacramento that ultimately fell through after Burkle pulled out. Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026 Warner gave Netflix four business days to come up with a counteroffer — but Netflix instead responded less than two hours later, declining to raise its proposal. Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 Given four days to offer a counteroffer, Netflix ultimately decided to bow out. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026 Netflix, which granted Warner a waiver to hold new talks with its rival, would have four days to make a counteroffer in the event Paramount puts forward a higher bid. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for counteroffer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counteroffer
Noun
  • Trump’s rejection of Tehran’s counterproposal has created more uncertainty about the war, particularly for oil markets.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2026
  • Black Bear rejected that counterproposal.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Under the proposal, the top candidates from each party would advance to the general election in November.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Iran responded early in the morning of May 10 to Trump's proposal to stop fighting and begin peace talks on an array of contentious issues, according to reporting from Iran's IRNA news agency.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Durkin, who has an offer from Western Illinois, made a visit to Illinois.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Here, 24 taps feature a wide range of styles, from hoppy and light to sour, dark, and experimental, with four core beers always on offer.
    Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Its evolution into a mainstream proposition and a legal necessity has been swift and remarkable.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • At two dollars an ounce, that can be a pricey proposition.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Small adjustments made big differences, like increasing pocket sizes to better fit the tennis balls and, with Sabet’s suggestion, extending her coat to the floor.
    Kaio Cesar, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • All of Amadeus’s contemporaneous stylistic and dialogue choices are a blast, but the series’ suggestion that this kind of guy is plaguing our present, too, feels the most timeless, and the most unsettling.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 May 2026

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“Counteroffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteroffer. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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