Thesaurus results for HONEST BROKER

honest broker

noun

Definition of honest broker

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 Journalists like to see themselves as honest brokers, covering politics in a way that gives fair representation to a wide range of actors and playing the watchdog role in a responsible and essentially objective way. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 Historically the pope is viewed as an honest broker in terms of international diplomacy that is at odds with a sitting president's worldview, but experts say there has never been a clash so public or personal. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026 Pakistan would need to stay the course as an honest broker and not get discouraged. — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026 Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker The chair of the German parliament’s defense committee was blunter. — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for honest broker

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Noun

Friday’s impasse approval will bring in a third-party mediator to oversee negotiations between the two parties, who each blame the other for failing to bargain productively.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Pakistan sought to establish itself as a mediator earlier this year, working with other countries in the region to end the conflict.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of mediator

Noun

Kushner has spoken candidly about both his Phoenix investment and his role as a peace broker, arguing that financial profit is the best path toward lasting peace.

— Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
The pending rule requires medicines mailed from abroad to go through a customs process that includes a licensed customs broker and a financial guarantee in the form of an entry bond.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of broker

Noun

The Virginia State Police tactical team and a negotiator were brought to the scene.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in earlier talks with the United States, provided a rare public acknowledgment of the internal divide.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiator

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The Indian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Thursday that Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering well after being seriously injured.

— Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
The European expansion will launch in London and Paris through employee ambassador trainings and hands-on learning experiences for young people.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambassador

Noun

Boeing sells products to Israel both directly and through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, under which the US government acts as an intermediary, procuring equipment from the company for sale to Israel.

— Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
By automating tasks that once required human discretion, rulers can replace unreliable intermediaries with faithful algorithms that cannot be bribed or manipulated.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermediary

Noun

Palillo proposes a 20-foot vegetative buffer between his project and homes, and a 12-foot sound barrier wall, according to his plans on file with the Huntersville Planning Board.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
Charlie Fox, a 56-year-old San Clemente resident and marine meteorologist, said sand provides a critical buffer between whatever structures — train tracks, homes, lifeguard headquarters — are built along the coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of buffer

Noun

In that government post paying almost $70,000 a year, Jamal acted as a liaison with the Somali community.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
In Saved, Hall wrote that those soldiers had been arranged by a Ukrainian army press liaison at Kuvshynova's request.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of liaison

Noun

What matters are the peacemakers, and the true tension of the series rests in their decisions to either respond to provocation in kind or to respond to provocation with kindness.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
Because of this movement, most people in the world have now seen women who are astronauts, union organizers and farmers, liberators and peacemakers.

— Gloria Steinem, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of peacemaker

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