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
No matter how much Lukashenko may have wanted to seem like an honest broker, the sum of his messaging to all of Trump’s envoys, and to me, amounted to a lot of hype about the dangers of playing tough with Putin.
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Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Their principled positions on the U.S.-Israeli strikes lend credibility to their roles as honest brokers.
—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
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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Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Their principled positions on the U.S.-Israeli strikes lend credibility to their roles as honest brokers.
—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
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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Pakistan’s powerful army chief Asim Munir has been key to his country’s role as mediator.—
Saeed Shah,
Time,
13 Apr. 2026
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Turkey has played a role as a mediator in talks.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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In my third week at CBS, I was asked whether people should ditch their brokers and manage their own investments.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The conflict drew to a quasi-end with a temporary ceasefire last week, one that China was involved in helping broker.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2026
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However, the film never asks why a therapist or crisis negotiator wasn’t brought in to assist air traffic control in trying to save Russell’s life.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ali Bagheri Kani, a key hardline negotiator, has also played a central role in previous nuclear talks with the United States.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States are scheduled to meet on Tuesday.—
Brian Dakss,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The State Department enlisted him as a Cold War jazz ambassador.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan, which deserves praise for stepping in, picked up on this and offered to serve as an intermediary.—
Donald Heflin,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan's government acted as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran to secure the two-week ceasefire.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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But economists say the similarities may be largely superficial, thanks to more flexible exchange-rate regimes and deeper foreign exchange reserves, which provide a buffer that helps absorb some of the shock.—
Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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And its build-up of strategic oil reserves has created an effective short-term buffer against rising oil prices, the Lombard Odier note said.—
Ishika Mookerjee,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The city is working to create a youth advisory board to be a liaison between teens and the city government.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The new charter expands the list of liaison organizations, which are non-voting participants in the ACIP process.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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China seeks Iran peacemaker role China’s involvement in a Middle East peace proposal alongside Pakistan points to Beijing’s growing geopolitical ambition — as well as limits of that ambition, analysts said.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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This isn’t China’s first effort at casting itself as a peacemaker in international conflicts.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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