mediated

past tense of mediate

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Recent Examples of mediated Making friends, maintaining healthy relationships and working through conflicts requires practice, and some of that practice time now competes with communication mediated by screens. — Roxanne Prichard, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026 Since Oppenheim and Fielder can’t record her there, their contact is mediated through her seemingly unstable and controlling husband, Billy Evans. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026 But how will the company adapt as the customer experience is increasingly mediated by AI? — Harvard Business Review, 29 Sep. 2026 This isn’t just intuition; a 2025 study of 666 professionals found that frequent AI reliance is linked to measurably lower critical-thinking performance, mediated by exactly this kind of cognitive offloading. — Anna Drobakha, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Ties between Kosovo and Serbia remain tense, despite years of negotiations mediated by the European Union and supported by the United States. — CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 And what Chinese testimony survives was mediated by outsiders, because the Chinese usually testified with the help of English-language translators and the legal guidance of their white attorneys. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Most people communicate digitally now, so most interactions are less mediated by shame. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026 For scholars of that mindset, all reference to precedent—any precedent, either natural or artificial—is mediated by modern technologies of mechanical reproduction, and by an awareness of their ubiquitous sway. — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediated
Verb
  • The 38-year-old Australian overwhelmed Evloev with punches late in the round, sending the challenger to the canvas before the referee intervened with 6 seconds remaining.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • After the State Department intervened, a limited number of personnel will take part in a pregame ceremony, officials said.
    — Tara Copp, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • He was supposed to be one-on-one with Reigns before Jimmy Uso interfered and cost him the title.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The robot had to remove the lid, pick up the banana and place it on the plate, while adjusting its actions if a person interfered or an attempt failed.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Mediated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediated. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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