as in intervening
to act as a go-between for opposing sides
their middle child is often asked to mediate between the oldest and the youngest
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Recent Examples of mediating
Gonzalez directed drug trafficking, violence and other criminal activities within 18th Street territory, including extortion and mediating gang disputes, according to the indictment.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Even Oman, which had played a mediating role between Iran and the United States, has been affected.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Even Oman, which had played a mediating role between Iran and the United States, has been affected.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Badr al-Busaidi, Oman's foreign minister who is mediating in the negotiations, said that there had been significant progress made on Thursday, though officials from Iran and the United States haven't announced steps forward.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Oman is mediating the discussions and the residence of the Omani ambassador to the United Nations is reportedly the venue for the talks.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
Abbas Araghchi left for the Swiss city following an initial round of negotiations last week with Oman again mediating the next round of talks, according to Iranian state media and The Associated Press.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Weiss had conspicuously little connectivity between circuits in his brain that are involved in auditory processing and in mediating rewards.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors previously confirmed Wynn was employed at the time as a violence interrupter with the District’s Cure the Streets program, which works to prevent gun violence by mediating conflicts in high-risk communities.
—7news Wjla, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Even Oman, which had played a mediating role between Iran and the United States, has been affected.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Even Oman, which had played a mediating role between Iran and the United States, has been affected.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Badr al-Busaidi, Oman's foreign minister who is mediating in the negotiations, said that there had been significant progress made on Thursday, though officials from Iran and the United States haven't announced steps forward.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Oman is mediating the discussions and the residence of the Omani ambassador to the United Nations is reportedly the venue for the talks.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
Abbas Araghchi left for the Swiss city following an initial round of negotiations last week with Oman again mediating the next round of talks, according to Iranian state media and The Associated Press.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Weiss had conspicuously little connectivity between circuits in his brain that are involved in auditory processing and in mediating rewards.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors previously confirmed Wynn was employed at the time as a violence interrupter with the District’s Cure the Streets program, which works to prevent gun violence by mediating conflicts in high-risk communities.
—7news Wjla, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediating
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Asian countries are also intervening more directly into fuel markets.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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But as Damian Garde reports, one of the most influential venture capitalists in the industry quietly stayed loyal to Nikolic over the intervening years.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
11 Mar. 2026
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The law enforcement steps have alarmed election officials and Democrats who fear that the administration is building an argument for interfering in this year’s midterm elections.—
Isaac Arnsdorf,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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The nine defendants face charges of conspiring against the rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, interfering and intimidating with exercising the rights of religious freedom of worship, according to a 14-page grand jury indictment obtained by USA TODAY.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Mediating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediating. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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