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 has four days to make a counteroffer in the event Paramount puts forward a higher bid. Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for counteroffer
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Noun
  • Ken Griffin's Citadel submitted a counterproposal, but it was rejected by the government.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Iran rejected a cease-fire draft on Monday and submitted its own counterproposal.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In a case that drew national headlines, a 2000 proposal for a mosque in Palos Heights was met with so much community dissent that the City Council offered the mosque $200,000 to walk away from the deal.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • But the county found the Rays’ proposal leaned too optimistically on a sales tax known as the Community Investment Tax, which most commissioners said in 2024 would not go to a new stadium.
    Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • This offer will be extended to Spears on Monday, according to the district attorney’s office.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Terms of the offer were not immediately known.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • An entry level car rental in summer can soar well above $500 per day, so this is a serious value proposition.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2026
  • Fort Worth voters approved the city's full $845 million bond package on Saturday, signing off on all six propositions aimed at funding a wide range of infrastructure and community projects.
    Sergio Candido, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • There have also been suggestions that a dwarf planet called Makemake, which is slightly smaller than Pluto, could have a very thin atmosphere, though some scientists are skeptical.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • Eugenie, 36, and her older sister Beatrice, 37, have been swept up in the scandal that has engulfed their family as a result of their parents’ ties to Epstein, although there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on their parts.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 4 May 2026

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“Counteroffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteroffer. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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