haggling 1 of 2

present participle of haggle

haggling

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of haggling
Noun
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
  • Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Teamsters announced on Facebook late Friday that their negotiating team has a tentative agreement for members to vote on, ending the strike and allowing next weekend’s Farm Aid concert to continue as planned at the U’s Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As the exclusive bargaining representative of NBA players, the NBPA licenses agents and thereby gives them the legal right to represent players in contract negotiations.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The first return to the bargaining table since the actors’ 2023 strike will begin some time next year ahead of the current SAG-AFTRA deal’s June 30, 2026 expiration date.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Philadelphia Phillies starter Aaron Nola was dealing through four innings.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Tight end Dae’Quan Wright added 9 receptions for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns as Ole Miss tied its highest point total ever against an SEC opponent while dealing Arkansas one of the most painful home losses of the Coach Sam Pittman era.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The president has also worked out agreements for other countries, including Indonesia, to step up their agriculture imports amid negotiations.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The forward has expressed disinterest in being used as a scapegoat for Golden State, which is why the negotiations have not made any progress given both parties are reluctant to blink first.
    Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are no annual fees, maintenance fees or international transaction fees with the Chime Card.
    Raina He, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Welcome to Sportico’s transactions wire, a weekly rundown of personnel, partnerships, products and purchases across the sports business industry.
    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Haggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggling. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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