Thesaurus results for INTERMEDIARIES

intermediaries

noun

plural of intermediary

as in mediators

one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement in the past he's served as an intermediary in several hostage situations

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Recent Examples of intermediaries Baleba remains the oven-ready Premier League option In August 2025, United used intermediaries to explore a deal for Carlos Baleba with Brighton. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 9 July 2026 The margin previously fragmented across intermediaries flows back, in meaningful part, to the carrier that orchestrated the trip. — Somit Goyal, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Employee equity compensation transactions and accounts managed by advisors or intermediaries through Fidelity Clearing & Custody Solutions® are subject to different commission schedules. — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Declan Conroy, one of the main prosecutors on the case, said Singh may have used gang intermediaries to issue orders to extort the man while in ICE custody. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 The warnings were communicated through intermediaries, the officials said. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 This must include requiring stablecoin issuers and other digital asset intermediaries to detect and report suspicious activity. — Richard Nephew, Fortune, 2 July 2026 But as the January date approached, Atkin and Jammi’s research showed that intermediaries were still sending money to prominent peddlers of election conspiracies like Dan Bongino and Tucker Carlson. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 With shopping, authors of the report said the digital storefront is being completely rewritten by agentic browsers that act as autonomous intermediaries, which is reshaping how global commerce functions. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

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Noun

Some are journalists, mediators, plumbers, custodians, and writers.

— Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Instead, the mediators will convey points from either side to the other, with the goal being to ease tension following another exchange of fire that erupted at the end of last week.

— July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of mediators

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In other instances, Warrick said, there will be ghost carriers or fraudulent pickups of drivers or middlemen posing as legitimate transporters, but who are really smugglers.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
On the other are middlemen who lurk on message apps like Telegram, WeChat and WhatsApp offering access to people inside Amazon who can get things done for a price.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

Definition of middlemen

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Most importantly, brokers can protect buyers from themselves and their own tendencies, which are often driven by emotional intent.

— Michael Gargiulo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
South Florida brokers and developers have speculated that the World Cup would kick off a real-estate buying frenzy in Miami.

— Catherine Odom July 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

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From hunting liaisons to working partners to pets to show performers, probably the most inspiring of all dogs are those with the ability to find and save human lives.

— Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
The Kreung people of northeastern Cambodia build huts for their adolescent daughters to use for erotic liaisons and encourage them to have as many of these as possible before choosing a husband.

— Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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According to the researchers, the catalyst weakens excessive bonding between iron sites and hydroxyl intermediates, allowing the reaction to proceed more smoothly and reducing one of the major bottlenecks in zinc-air battery operation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
More than 90% of China-ASEAN trade is in industrial intermediates rather than finished goods, and intra-regional FDI flows now represent roughly half of the FDI stock within the ASEAN+3 region, according to AMRO.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of intermediates

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Ahead of the visit, agency officials have met with ambassadors and ministers from the region.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
The two nations recalled their ambassadors and closed their airspace in April 2025 after the drone shooting, with Algeria accusing Mali of repeatedly violating its airspace.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of ambassadors

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Two men who were with Salgado Araujo disputed the government’s account, saying the agents’ vehicles bumped into them and then swayed into the van, forcing them to stop.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The industry tends to shed agents, especially new ones — the median income for Realtors who have been working for less than two years is $8,100.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 July 2026

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