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
Their principled positions on the U.S.-Israeli strikes lend credibility to their roles as honest brokers.
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Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
The national security adviser is supposed to be an honest broker among the various national-security players.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
Senate Republicans expressed doubt Wednesday that Russia would back the ceasefire and warned that Putin was not an honest broker.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
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
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Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
The national security adviser is supposed to be an honest broker among the various national-security players.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
Senate Republicans expressed doubt Wednesday that Russia would back the ceasefire and warned that Putin was not an honest broker.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honest broker
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Boulee gave the two parties a deadline to agree on a mediator and come to the table, but with the deadline approaching, officials say neither side was ceding any ground.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Some of these electron mediators can also be toxic, limiting their practical use.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Resident and real estate broker Jesse Wald, who recorded video of a coastal road’s collapse Saturday, said other parts of the road were flooded out by mud and sediment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Harrel has been all but selling Cecilia to her various suitors in a manner resembling nothing so much as a corrupt real estate broker renting the same apartment to multiple tenants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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As officers waited to take Lombera into custody, a crisis negotiator tried to find a phone number to communicate with Lombera but was not successful, Wagstaffe said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The 30-year-old international affairs graduate student had served as a negotiator and spokesperson for student activists at Columbia University during an encampment protesting the Israel-Hamas war.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
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As for his timepiece, DiCaprio is a brand ambassador for Rolex.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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The largest toll comes from Iran, with more than 1,300 dead, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said in the most recent update last week.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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For years, Mojtaba Khamenei has been described as someone with close ties to commanders of the Revolutionary Guard and as a key intermediary between them and his father.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Under this model, airlines, hotels, and other end-service providers may benefit, while intermediaries such as ticket booking platforms and price comparison websites may see their roles weakened.—
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CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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So, since October 7th, there has not been even a pretense of a buffer between the violent settlers and the Army.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Above this sits the indium-free chalcopyrite absorber, followed by a 150-nm cadmium sulfide buffer layer, a zinc oxide window layer, and a metallic grid electrode.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Asked about when the other crossings into Gaza might reopen and how much aid overall was getting into Gaza since the ceasefire began and since the Iran war started, COGAT, the Israeli military's liaison with the Palestinians, did not respond.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Indiana will provide technical assistance and access to community liaisons to help track key performance indicators, which would measure visitor traffic and economic growth, according to a news release.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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The airborne fistfight took another turn when a fourth passenger, identified as Annette Baker, tried to play peacemaker.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, praised Jackson as a peacemaker and humanitarian.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Honest broker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honest%20broker. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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