as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
after all the bad blood on both sides, we need to find someone who hasn't been influenced and can act as an honest broker
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Recent Examples of honest broker
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Last year’s fires destroyed twice the amount of land burned during the previous record year of 1989.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Mr. Cardini was not inclined to vary his recipe.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Despite being a freshman senator, Harding received the nod Friday as an honest broker whom the fractured caucus could agree on.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2024
Still, there is little doubt of Marie’s command of her material or her position as an honest broker.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Mr. Cardini was not inclined to vary his recipe.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Despite being a freshman senator, Harding received the nod Friday as an honest broker whom the fractured caucus could agree on.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2024
Still, there is little doubt of Marie’s command of her material or her position as an honest broker.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honest broker
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The student played a leading role in last year’s campus protests about the rising death toll in Gaza in Israel’s war against Hamas and the university’s investment ties to Israel, acting as a mediator between Columbia administrators and student protesters.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hermosillo works out of the agency’s Los Angeles office in Glendale, staffed by five mediators and a supervisor.—
Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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And on the horizon for New York mega broker Ryan Serhant, star of Owning Manhattan?—
Kitty Finstad,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Part of the vetting process is ensuring that the contacts own the factory, weeding out brokers or middlemen.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Apr. 2025
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Employee perks include free park admission, complimentary and discounted tickets for friends and family, in-park discounts, employee referral bonuses and ambassador events and previews, the news release says.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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Add Houston Rockets owner and ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, to the list of those dumbfounded by the Dallas Mavericks’ trade of Luka Doncic.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2025
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And by having a direct relationships instead of dealing with intermediaries, Capital One can create more value for merchants, small businesses, and consumers.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
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The administration is now engaged in talks with its Iranian counterparts — at times, indirectly via intermediaries and, at others, directly, with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff taking the lead in lengthy discussions with the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
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After the pandemic, retailers started to build up inventory excess as a buffer.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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New York has two power left-handed arms in Max Fried and Carlos Rodon, and Lopez could be the buffer between the two.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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According to a statement, the London Museum’s finds liaison officer examines around 5,000 objects each year and records 700 of them, acquiring a small number of objects for the museum’s permanent collection.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Jeanette Rodriguez, who serves as a liaison between local law enforcement and the Venezuelan migrant community in Aurora, said Tren de Aragua members don't flaunt obvious signs of gang membership.—
Lilia Luciano,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
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But in the speech Trump skipped over this move entirely, choosing instead to mention a conciliatory new letter Zelensky had sent him and portraying himself as a would-be peacemaker.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2025
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Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, attempting to play peacemaker, wound up getting shoved into the stands.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Norris kept out of the wall and made it into the pits for intermediates, but Piastri got stuck in the grass at the final chicane and tumbled out of the points as a result.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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That rain saw both Norris and his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri slide off the circuit, but Norris was able to regain control of his car and immediately duck into the pits to swap his slicks for intermediates.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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