as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
eventually, they hired an intercessor, because they were getting nowhere on their own
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Noun
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Mashaal said the group has offered multiple options, including a long-term truce, as part of ongoing negotiations with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026 -
By replacing the mediator with mutant plants, the receiver plants failed to get protection against the stress.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As Claudius’s skills as a negotiator had improved, his customers had ratcheted up their aggressive campaigns for asymmetrical deals.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, broached the subject at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) .—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After all, pharmacy benefit managers — which are the intermediaries between drug manufacturers and patients — collect a big chunk of every dollar spent on medicine without offering much value.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Conversations were taking place late on Wednesday night, January 21, with mutual intermediaries working out potential parameters.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and a former president, said Trump is genuinely trying to end the war in Ukraine and wants to be remembered as a peacemaker.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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There is no doubt Diana would have tried to act as a peacemaker between them.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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Mandelson, a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party, has not been arrested or charged.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Starmer has apologized to Epstein’s victims and pledged to release public documents that will show Mandelson lied when he was being vetted for the ambassador’s job.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Real estate brokers say many hedge funders, private equity chiefs and venture capital investors are also joining traditional Wall Street bankers in the buying spree.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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Akhparian, a broker, moved into the shopping center at Victory Boulevard and Mammoth Avenue in the mid-1980s.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The commissioner will serve as the direct liaison between surfers, competition platforms and USA Surfing leadership.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
7 Feb. 2026
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As two men face police interrogators, a story emerges of twisted liaisons.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Intercessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercessor. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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