as in negotiating
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
had to haggle to get his friend to sell his guitar for 20 bucks
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Recent Examples of haggling
Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Whether gazing from Gellért Hill or haggling for paprika in the Great Market Hall—the city reveals itself in fragments—intimate, contradictory, and impossible to forget.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
That language was ultimately stripped from the bill in end-of-session haggling.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
Posey did not draw out the process by haggling with Willy Adames or balk at a no-trade clause or give pause to breaking his own record for the largest contract in franchise history.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Whether gazing from Gellért Hill or haggling for paprika in the Great Market Hall—the city reveals itself in fragments—intimate, contradictory, and impossible to forget.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggling
Verb
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Appeasing and negotiating with Putin has failed for decades.—
Kathleen Collins,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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The firm’s work with multinational corporations seeking licenses and permits before government agencies (such as energy companies requesting development permits or investment companies negotiating with the Securities and Exchange Commission), or even litigating in federal court, could evaporate.—
Fabio Bertoni,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The bargaining unit would include workers across production, food service, box office and door staff at all four venues.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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More recently, Justice Brian Hagedorn stepped away from a case regarding the Act 10 public bargaining law, while Justice Janet Protasiewicz rejected calls to recuse from the case.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mestemaker’s career day featured 608 yards through the air, breaking the North Texas program record, including dealing to three different receivers with 100-yard days, led by Wyatt Young’s 190 yards and a 70-yard touchdown to put the nail in Charlotte’s coffin.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Hurricanes didn’t have time to rebuild the plane after dealing Rantanen, because that happened at the deadline.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This level of visibility couldn’t have come at a better time for a group of players in the midst of contentious negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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The seven states dependent on the river’s dwindling flows have been locked in tense negotiations over this for years.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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More than a year post-merger, Six Flags still operates over 10 different apps, and even basic transactions like purchasing a season pass on the website have been unreliable, so modernizing and streamlining this technology could go a long way.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Norwegian authorities reportedly blocked the sale of a high-speed acoustic positioning system from Kongsberg to Mostrello after domestic intelligence flagged the transaction.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Haggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggling. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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