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haggled

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verb

past tense of haggle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggled
Verb
  • The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Acquisitions & Development Executive Max Hart and DeskPop Entertainment’s Executive Vice President Mat Levy.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The North America deal was negotiated between Rachel White, Vertical’s Manager of Acquisitions & Sales, and Daniel Diamond of Diamond Media, which is handling sales.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • City leaders therefore decided to banish the zero and rely on the tried and tested Roman numerals.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 May 2025
  • Predicting The Unpredictable Fortunately, there are some tried and true approaches to getting out in front of these types of unpredictable policy swings — many of which were developed and refined during the first Trump administration.
    Laura Clayton McDonnell, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Any disgust players might harbor for Abby should be dealt, at least in some measure, to Ellie and Joel, too.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
  • However, first-round picks are dealt for immediate help at the NHL level.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The End Kidney Deaths Act finally offers a tested and reasonable solution.
    Lindsay Gutierrez, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
  • Astrophotographers used a tried and tested technique: framing foreground objects in front of the moon and zooming in on both subjects using a long lens.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, a partial outage affecting some network repeaters is causing more problems: the card reader only works intermittently, and that leads to endless lines of frustrated customers.
    Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
  • As the impasse dragged on, frustrated townspeople took matters into their own hands, literally locking the indecisive cardinals inside the meeting hall and even removing the roof to speed the process.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • For most of her career, and certainly since her portrayal of the harried, unglamorous sketch-show head writer Liz Lemon in 30 Rock coincided with the rise of pop feminism in the late aughts, her every plot and utterance has been widely scrutinized.
    Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
  • The staff is mutually supportive, in a harried way, but the work is relentless: There is too much, and then there’s one more thing and then there’s a mass shooting at a downtown festival and the doors blow open.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Zay is annoyed because he essentially got demoted when Nuck officially brought Bakari on board.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
  • The colorful bird seemed annoyed, tightening its talons on the window frame and glaring at Gallucci.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Everyone is hot and bothered, confused and unsure what to do next.
    Solitaire Townsend, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Though the hotel employee appeared visibly worked up from attempting to remove the boot from Roach's foot, the 46-year-old didn't seem too bothered.
    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 13 May 2025
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“Haggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggled. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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