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haggling

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verb

present participle of haggle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggling
Verb
  • The two players have been negotiating deals with Cincinnati to keep them with the organization for years to come.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The company is negotiating with strategic investors and commercial lenders to provide additional capital for the expansion of HOPE clinics.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The bill would also raise the SALT cap to $30,000 from the current $10,000 cap for anyone making under $400,000 a year, but Lawler and other New York Republicans are demanding the cap be raised even higher, seeking negotiations with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
    Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2025
  • Plane negotiations: Trump in talks to accept luxury jet from Qatar's royal family The Qatari plane stretches 18 feet 4 inches longer than Air Force One, can carry more weight and fly slightly faster and farther.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • For some bargaining units, like the California Association of State Attorneys and Administrative Law Judges, the change came less than a month after the union started bargaining a new contract with the state.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
  • As Philadelphia systematically destroyed Kansas City on Sunday, Eagles fans were no doubt too … ebullient to pay much attention to the ads, while Chiefs supporters no doubt spent the commercial breaks bargaining with God or dousing themselves with Arthur Bryant‘s Barbecue Sauce for luck.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That mindset took center stage in April, when FIS announced a $24.25 billion deal to sell Worldpay to Global Payments—marking one of the biggest fintech transactions of the year.
    Nicole Casperson, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • The transactions are anticipated to close in the first half of 2025.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2025
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“Haggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggling. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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