as in negotiator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
if you two cannot resolve this argument on your own, we'll have to bring in a mediator
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Recent Examples of mediator
International mediators — primarily the United States, Qatar, and Egypt — have sought to get both sides to come to a diplomatic resolution to end the conflict.
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Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Ankara is even attempting to play a mediator role between its two neighbors over the peace treaty that would end Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Advertisement The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar, one of the primary mediators for negotiations between Israel and Hamas, alleged on Tuesday that Israel has not yet replied to a cease-fire proposal that was accepted by Hamas last week.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
Ceasefire efforts are on hold as mediators await Israel's next steps.
—Mariam Dagga, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025
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Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Ankara is even attempting to play a mediator role between its two neighbors over the peace treaty that would end Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Advertisement The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar, one of the primary mediators for negotiations between Israel and Hamas, alleged on Tuesday that Israel has not yet replied to a cease-fire proposal that was accepted by Hamas last week.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
Ceasefire efforts are on hold as mediators await Israel's next steps.
—Mariam Dagga, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediator
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The attack killed six people, including the son of top Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya and a Qatari security official; no Hamas senior members were killed, according to the group.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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One of the main targets of the strike was Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya, but he was not listed among the dead.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bitcoin allows users to send money without intermediaries.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Panouses advises his clients to use intermediaries where possible and claim their prizes on busy news days, such as Election Day, to avoid coverage.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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The move to go back to the Department of War comes, ironically, as Trump has tried to cast himself as a peacemaker.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Other seeds have been sown by the return to the White House of the Middle East’s greatest historical peacemaker.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The campers come from all walks of life - lawyers, doctors, firemen, teachers, stock brokers - and need no previous musical experience.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Even after uninstalling spyware, your personal information may already be circulating on data broker sites that sell your identity to marketers, scammers, and even cybercriminals.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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James Pergola is the coffee ambassador for Nestle Nespresso USA.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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Employees can also be seen as ambassadors of a company’s brand, and their political speech can dilute that brand and hurt its reputation, depending on what is being said and how it is being received.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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However, multiple reports indicated that North Carolina’s general manager Michael Lombardi and pro liaison Frantzy Jourdain informed their own team last month that the scouts were banned.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Her young liaison, Alina (Zofia Wichłacz), a student deeply enmeshed in the pro-democratic Solidarity movement, may not be overly concerned with Joan’s comfort given the crisis at hand.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Users skip the middleman and ditch the 48-hour hold.—
Jamie Elkaleh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Harris portrays a free-spirited yet quick-calculating middleman with playful wit.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2025
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Include a buffer for travel costs, technology redundancy, and the premium services that make location independence sustainable.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The creature that possessed the unfortunate Ensign Gamble finds a way back from its permanent transporter buffer exile, and is able to exert a malign influence on a whole new generation of followers.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Mediator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediator. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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