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.
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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.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
Pakistan would need to stay the course as an honest broker and not get discouraged.
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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.
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Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for honest broker
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honest broker
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During the 2012-13 NHL lockout, the two sides used FMCS, and recommendations by mediator Scot Beckenbaugh were thought to help the NHL and NHLPA find a solution.
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Kushner has joined fellow peace envoy Steve Witkoff in Doha, Qatar, a country acting as mediator between the two sides, to hammer out a resolution.
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Just verify messages directly, use a password manager, turn on account alerts and shrink the personal data brokers keep on you.
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Wondr Health, which provides GLP-1s via employers, named Patti Rittling head of broker and consultant relations.
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The union’s chief negotiator urged Newsom and the state’s other leaders to include a raise for SEIU Local 1000 employees in light of the state’s relatively strong budget.
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Kazem Gharibabadi, a senior negotiator and deputy foreign minister, denied any talks had been scheduled, in comments published by IRNA.
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My family was comfortable in the sense that my mother worked for the Canadian ambassador as their main cook.
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As an ambassador for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, Howard is conscious of what his appearance at The Open could mean to younger people living with the condition and to their families.
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This must include requiring stablecoin issuers and other digital asset intermediaries to detect and report suspicious activity.
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An investor can be legally clear to trade in Syria and still be one intermediary away from a sanctioned name.
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Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above.
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However, the leather piping on the base does offer a small buffer of protection.
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Lara spent very little time with the title before realizing that being the liaison between Katseye and their label was not for her.
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More frogs and toads are jumping around backyards, and their numbers increase when the rain does, said Ron Magill, goodwill ambassador and conservation liaison for the Zoo Miami Foundation.
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Contrary to my initial impulse, my effort to play peacemaker was hardly heroic.
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When peacemakers finally pried apart Slaughter and Dropo, Slaughter had his jersey ripped, but Dropo had taken the more telling punches.
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