as in bargaining
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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
Niral Shah, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Khan was left with a handful of family members and loyalists haggling for a weekly prison meeting.
—Mohammed Hanif, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
Picking a jury has been contested Jury selection has been contested almost from the beginning of the case, with prosecutors and defense attorneys haggling over what to ask.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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
Noun
That language was ultimately stripped from the bill in end-of-session haggling.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
In classrooms, this suggests that opportunities for social interaction – for instance, children listening to their classmates’ ideas and haggling over what is true and why – can support brain health and academic learning.
—Niral Shah, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
Khan was left with a handful of family members and loyalists haggling for a weekly prison meeting.
—Mohammed Hanif, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
Picking a jury has been contested Jury selection has been contested almost from the beginning of the case, with prosecutors and defense attorneys haggling over what to ask.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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
Noun
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But such changes have always been more easily said than done because any change to the schedule — especially the addition of an NBA Cup-style in-season tournament — changes the logistics, bargaining, and tradition of baseball itself.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The unions and the AMPTP declined to comment on the bargaining dates.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The work stoppage is occurring at multiple hospitals simultaneously, but each medical center is negotiating with the union independently.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the coming months, Trump all but stopped negotiating with Maduro.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Last week, the House did pass legislation to extend the expired subsidies, and negotiations have moved to the Senate.—
Blake Farmer,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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While the possibility of another strike exists if negotiations fail in the future, both sides say no one wants to repeat what happened.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Would the Cubs consider dealing Hoerner in exchange for Jarren Duran or Wilyer Abreu?—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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Would the Cubs consider dealing Hoerner in exchange for Jarren Duran or Wilyer Abreu?—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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In real life, this means that the system connects to booking systems, demand forecasting tools, and competitive intelligence platforms, creating a feedback loop that learns from every transaction.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Without meaningful investment on both sides of the transaction, the system may continue to function, but increasingly through gray-market workarounds that undermine its long-term stability.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Haggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggling. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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