Thesaurus results for HONEST BROKERS

honest brokers

noun

plural of honest broker

as in negotiants

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 brokers 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

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Noun

This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of negotiators

Noun

There has been little said publicly about negotiations via mediators after Trump rejected an Iranian proposal last month to end the war and fully open the Strait of Hormuz within a week if Washington met certain conditions like lifting the blockade.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Qatar is among the nations that have acted as mediators between the two sides for months.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of mediators

Noun

At the same time, the early development of tokenized markets is creating new technology needs for the banks, brokers and other institutions the company already serves.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Those brokers then sold the data to insurance companies, and some drivers found that their insurance became more expensive as a result.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of brokers

Noun

Eisenkot and other opposition leaders urged the White House, through intermediaries including Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson, to stay out of the race, according to Israeli sources familiar with the efforts.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Traditional festivals are events where content is typically presented to industry professionals and the press, who then act as intermediaries, bringing that content to the general public.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermediaries

Noun

The president leads the armed forces and can veto legislation, signs international treaties and appoints ambassadors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
While Washington has remained silent on the matter, the ambassadors of France and Spain in Haiti have both raised concerns about the modifications.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambassadors

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According to the researcher, iron helps stabilize reaction intermediates during oxygen production, advancing overall cell performance.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, at the back of the pack, some of the drivers who started on slicks made stops to change to the intermediates.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermediates

Noun

Kelly had previously served as one of the RNC’s liaisons to the Reagan White House.

— Mark Krasovic, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
Think of Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra, from October 3 to November 13, as a steamy, scandalous romance novel that fuels our passions and liaisons.

— Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of liaisons

Noun

Five years earlier my brother had gotten married, leaving me home alone without the buffers of his distracted affection, his big brotherly insouciance, his rebellious indifference to the emotional chasm widening between our parents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Diversifying out of China lengthened it, vendors have added their own buffers into development to absorb retailer changes, and physical disruptions like the Red Sea reroute stretch it further, so the calendar is already long before goods even move.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of buffers

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