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Recent Examples of mediation
The financial settlements were reached through mediation, Enrique Serna, attorney for the two families, told the Statesman.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
If the mediation breaks down, the county will trigger eminent domain and buy the land for the fuel depot.
—Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
The Gaza ceasefire deal, credited to Trump’s mediation and determination, only strengthened the US president’s Israeli brand.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
The mediation brief filed earlier this year by plaintiffs’ attorney Nicholas Rowley helps explain why the case moved so quickly — settling just seven months after it was filed.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
If the mediation breaks down, the county will trigger eminent domain and buy the land for the fuel depot.
—Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
The Gaza ceasefire deal, credited to Trump’s mediation and determination, only strengthened the US president’s Israeli brand.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
The mediation brief filed earlier this year by plaintiffs’ attorney Nicholas Rowley helps explain why the case moved so quickly — settling just seven months after it was filed.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediation
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Since the jury decision in 2022, the township has been accruing interest on the unpaid settlement.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Since January 2024, JCPS attorneys have reached settlements in more than 40 lawsuits, with the district agreeing to nearly $14 million in payments.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Jan. 2026
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In 2026, the governance vacuum will deepen—the Indus Waters Treaty suspended, Ethiopia’s Nile dam operational with no binding agreement, China building the world’s largest dam with no downstream treaty.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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After 15 years, Spanish troops dispersed the settlement—which had grown to 4,000, and had its own cavalry—but subsequent maroon groups forced colonizers to sign treaties with them.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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There’s near-universal agreement from all kinds of housing observers that the affordability crisis is one of (non)-supply and demand.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Mediation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediation. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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