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as in messenger
one that carries a message or does an errand
I won't act as go-between between you and your ex
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as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
acted as go-between for the two warring nations during the peace process
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Recent Examples of go-between
Ron Leibman and Paul Sand round out their gang, with Zero Mostel as the crooked attorney who serves as a go-between.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Both programs are labor intensive, though, with the state agencies acting as a go-between.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2026
Not long ago, executive assistants and before them secretaries, served as a corporate go-between.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Melly is accused of using jailhouse go-betweens to pressure his ex-girlfriend against cooperating with detectives and investigators in the lead-up to his first murder trial in 2023, which ended in a hung jury.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Both programs are labor intensive, though, with the state agencies acting as a go-between.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2026
Not long ago, executive assistants and before them secretaries, served as a corporate go-between.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Melly is accused of using jailhouse go-betweens to pressure his ex-girlfriend against cooperating with detectives and investigators in the lead-up to his first murder trial in 2023, which ended in a hung jury.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go-between
Noun
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For any politician unwilling or unable to persuade the public with facts and strong rebuttals, attacking the messenger becomes the path of least resistance.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2026
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Or the price of Pony Express messengers with the price of sending an email?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Late Sunday evening, Axios reported that mediators from Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey were making a last-ditch effort to broker a deal.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Trump has issued such deadlines before but extended them when mediators have claimed progress toward ending the war, which has killed thousands and shaken global markets.—
Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, the PRC approved the courier’s request to add an 8 percent fuel surcharge.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Sam An, a pharmacist at a compounding pharmacy until 2021, told me that his workplace employed about twenty people—pharmacists, technicians, cashiers, couriers—in what resembled a chemistry laboratory.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Miller, a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator, is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.—
Daniel Kurtzer,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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He was promoted to police officer and held many different positions in the department, including multi-family officer, school resource officer, DARE officer, detective, use-of-force instructor, Taser instructor, crisis negotiator, sergeant and captain.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan, which deserves praise for stepping in, picked up on this and offered to serve as an intermediary.—
Donald Heflin,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan's government acted as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran to secure the two-week ceasefire.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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The city is working to create a youth advisory board to be a liaison between teens and the city government.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The new charter expands the list of liaison organizations, which are non-voting participants in the ACIP process.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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Fans of peptides are increasingly cutting out the middleman and ordering directly from gray-market suppliers.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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So, the dealer is kind of like a middleman.—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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His mother, Connie Gibstine, is a dermatologist; his father, Jerry Altman, was a real-estate broker and a housing activist.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Jet charter brokers like Vimana arrange flights with jet operators, which own the planes and buy fuel, on behalf of passengers.—
Hayley Cuccinello,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Go-between.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-between. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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