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Recent Examples of dicker
Verb
But nothing said at this point can be separated from the bluffing and haggling and dickering central to such high-dollar negotiations. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024 Last year’s announcement was delayed nearly an hour while the Atlantic Coast Conference, bowl directors and television executives dickered — bickered? Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023 Conrad's lawyer dickered for weeks with the owners of Baldwin House. Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023 The celebrity may dicker over the price, but ultimately reach an agreement. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021 Numerous lawsuits have been filed, especially against Weinstein and his company, but remain mired in legal limbo as attorneys for plaintiffs and defendants dicker over damages. Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicker
Noun
  • Crawford must have had other enemies, and so maybe one of them with massive financial resources approached Delia to kill him in exchange for ensuring that her family would be set for life.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2025
  • In exchange, the hospital and D’Amato licensed their patents of thalidomide analogs to Celgene.
    David Armstrong, ProPublica, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • Trump signed an executive order on Monday encouraging linking the cost of prescription drugs to what's paid in other nations where drug prices are negotiated by their government and tend to be much lower.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • But the next phase of Trump’s agenda runs through the House, where Republicans are negotiating a budget bill extending his first-term tax cuts, now set to expire at the end of the year, while cutting social programs, including Medicaid.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • There’s no shortage of Amazon deals on skincare, makeup, and beauty tools right now.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • By dealing directly with the club, Arsenal will avoid having to pay the entire €60m in one go.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • And there was a process that was specifically bargained for in this agreement.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 6 May 2025
  • To this end, in 1954, NBA players formed the NBPA for purposes of collectively bargaining with the NBA and its clubs.
    Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • The budget proposal now heads to the City Council, which is expected to haggle over amendments and changes ahead of a June 30 deadline for passage.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
  • Instead, any haggling between Trump and other states will shape an emerging economic system defined by protectionism, tensions, and transactions.
    Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Dicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicker. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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