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
The justices’ intervention on Friday highlights the Court’s growing role in mediating the boundaries of executive authority over entitlement spending, as Washington continues to wrestle with how best to balance fiscal discipline and social welfare amid rising costs.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
To deal with stress, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends making time to unwind through practicing gratitude, doing relaxing activities, mediating and journaling.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
For a time, McKesson said, the university also appeared to be mediating conversations between Peete’s victims and his immediate family.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
May Improve Heart Health A pescatarian diet may improve heart health through weight loss, lowering your cholesterol, or mediating inflammation.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Despite the signing of a key document by four mediating countries, the contents of the document remain undisclosed.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, there are eight massless gluons (mediating the strong nuclear force), one massless photon (mediating the electromagnetic force), and three very massive W-and-Z bosons (mediating the weak nuclear force), plus the Higgs boson to complete the Standard Model.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Gustafson has been in cases where dozens of such insurance firms have been mediating over when the pollution occurred, and which insurance policy was in force at the time.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Bob Eubanks mediating between our newlyweds.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
To deal with stress, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends making time to unwind through practicing gratitude, doing relaxing activities, mediating and journaling.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
For a time, McKesson said, the university also appeared to be mediating conversations between Peete’s victims and his immediate family.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
May Improve Heart Health A pescatarian diet may improve heart health through weight loss, lowering your cholesterol, or mediating inflammation.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Despite the signing of a key document by four mediating countries, the contents of the document remain undisclosed.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, there are eight massless gluons (mediating the strong nuclear force), one massless photon (mediating the electromagnetic force), and three very massive W-and-Z bosons (mediating the weak nuclear force), plus the Higgs boson to complete the Standard Model.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Gustafson has been in cases where dozens of such insurance firms have been mediating over when the pollution occurred, and which insurance policy was in force at the time.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Bob Eubanks mediating between our newlyweds.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediating
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Over the intervening 25 years, the landscape across an 18,000-square-mile expanse, larger than the state of Maryland, has undergone an extensive reshaping.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The strategic rationale for intervening in Venezuela — as opposed to deploying all that military might in Asia or Europe, say — is no clearer.—
Andreas Kluth,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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In May 2025, an individual was arrested at the Phelps Street home on drug possession, criminal trespass and interfering charges, according to the warrant affidavit.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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In it, Roosevelt built on the Monroe Doctrine, which was formulated originally by President James Monroe to warn European powers away from interfering in the region.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Mediating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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