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as in messengers
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 mediators
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-betweens
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.
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
The tracker includes the names of lobbyists that the county employees listed as go-betweens for some sponsorship dollars.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
As go-betweens, these enablers are tasked with making sure that the top management’s vision for automation can be applied sensibly in practice—not just on paper.
—Arthur Azizov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
The tracker includes the names of lobbyists that the county employees listed as go-betweens for some sponsorship dollars.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
As go-betweens, these enablers are tasked with making sure that the top management’s vision for automation can be applied sensibly in practice—not just on paper.
—Arthur Azizov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go-betweens
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Crockett began to cultivate a national profile with a prime-time speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention and has since become one of her party’s most popular messengers, using an often brash communication style to manufacture viral moments.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2026
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Cytokines are the immune system’s chemical messengers that fire up immune cells and tell them to fight invaders, like bacteria and viruses.—
Sonya Collins,
SELF,
26 Feb. 2026
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Federal and state mediators have been involved.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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NewYork-Presbyterian nurses at that point rejected a similar proposal advanced by mediators.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Wellington said the victim was persuaded to convert assets into gold and provided it to individuals who posed as couriers.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2026
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Victims were then instructed to withdraw their savings, purchase gold bars, and hand them over to couriers.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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According to those accounts, the siblings oversaw networks of companies and intermediaries that handled billions of dollars outside Venezuela.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Many programs rely on third-party providers and nonprofit intermediaries.—
Timothy M. Herbst,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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And, those middlemen have been taking their cues from a bidding process that often has too few participants to keep prices low.—
Noah Dormady,
The Conversation,
18 Feb. 2026
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Eliminating drug-pricing middlemen?—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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These liaisons are consensual but fraught by infidelity, disparities in age and power, shifting norms.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Davis said then that the district was expanding the work of attendance liaisons, who are making more daily phone calls for absent students.—
Bri Hatch,
Chalkbeat,
3 Mar. 2026
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The law shifts the financial burden of paying brokers from renters to landlords.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Degenholtz said the synagogue consulted with brokers and developers and found that selling the existing property would not have generated enough funds to build elsewhere.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Go-betweens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-betweens. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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