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

Earlier this week, Vance sent a letter via Qatari mediators to Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, proposing a framework for talks.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Muslims can similarly turn to religious scholars or mediators for guidance on family or financial disputes.

— Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of mediators

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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

Thanks to African intermediaries guiding these military explorers, Binger discovered that the fabled Kong Mountains, which stretched across most 19th-century maps, did not exist.

— Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
In diving into the global web of handlers, financial intermediaries and money launderers bolstering the fake identities, investigators discovered key parts of that machinery operating in Russia.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermediaries

Noun

The dispute is also triggering diplomatic fallout, with at least three Polish ambassadors resigning in protest.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The center was publicly unveiled Friday by current and former administrators at South Holland School District 151, along with a handful of student ambassadors.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambassadors

Noun

These volatile compound intermediates shuttle and dissolve from the cathode, draining battery life.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 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

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However, Central Florida election supervisors are not reporting any problems with their local postal service liaisons.

— Christie Zizo, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Their story begins with traditional performers—later called shuyu—who, like the geisha of Japan, might engage in liaisons with patrons.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of liaisons

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With sanctions limiting borrowing and liquid reserves dwindling, analysts warn Russia could exhaust its financial buffers by early 2028 without further tax increases or spending cuts.

— David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
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

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