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
The have had to manage the balance between seeking to influence the president and remaining an honest broker.
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Gregory F. Treverton, The Conversation, 5 May 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
The Sun Devils won’t view them as honest brokers.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
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Gregory F. Treverton, The Conversation, 5 May 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
The Sun Devils won’t view them as honest brokers.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honest broker
Noun
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The indirect negotiations continue today, with the participation of all parties and mediators.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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There’s always one person in the family who ends up having to be the mediator.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Consider tools that automatically scan and request removal from dozens of brokers at once, saving you the time and hassle of doing it manually.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Cheek family founded the Maxwell House brand The brand started as a venture from Nashville businessman Joel Cheek, who quit his job as a coffee broker to start the Nashville Coffee and Manufacturing Company in 1899.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Earlier this week, Canada’s top trade negotiator Dominic LeBlanc said Canada still had leverage in any trade negotiation as the trade war was also hurting American businesses.—
Paula Newton,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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After that, the city's labor negotiator switched to a different role and further staffing changes continued to delay the negotiation process.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Domingo, a house brand ambassador who has worn several custom looks at recent events, is a show regular.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
5 Oct. 2025
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Measures also include restricting dollar-clearing and maritime insurance, blacklisting intermediaries and dark fleet tankers, and targeting front companies.—
Robert Muggah,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sliwa has said that wealthy intermediaries have offered him money in exchange for dropping out, accusing Cuomo of being behind them.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fandom builds belonging, helps adults make friends, boosts happiness and even provides a buffer against traumatic life events.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fandom builds belonging, helps adults make friends, boosts happiness and even provides a buffer against traumatic life events.—
Aaron Mansfield,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That kind of interpretation worried other outside liaisons, who participate in ACIP meetings but don’t vote on vaccine policy recommendations to the CDC like members of the committee do.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Policing Lab donated the vehicle, and the sheriff’s office used no taxpayer dollars to acquire it, said Edward Prokop, a strategic site liaison with the non-profit.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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However, Hungary sees Trump as a likely peacemaker in the region.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Trump administration, for its part, is eager to sponsor a deal, in part because of potential commercial benefit for the United States but more because a lasting peace deal will burnish Trump’s claim to be a global peacemaker.—
Thomas de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Honest broker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honest%20broker. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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