Thesaurus results for MEDIATORS

mediators

noun

plural of mediator

as in negotiators

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 mediators So, clearly, George, mediators have a lot of work left ahead of them to convince both sides to do all of those things simultaneously. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 The president said that his Board of Peace agreed to the plan with the support of mediators from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 July 2026 Attempts by mediators to secure a 10-day ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz made no apparent progress. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026 That said, reports that regional mediators have presented both countries with a proposal for a 10-day ceasefire could put last month's memorandum of understanding back on track. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 22 July 2026 Qatar and Pakistan have acted as mediators between Iran and the US. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Iran's Foreign Ministry said regional mediators had drafted proposals seeking to prevent further escalations. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 20 July 2026 This is creating an entirely new way of communicating, where autonomous systems act as mediators in our online engagement. — Sammy Ahmed, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Without one, escalation will compound, hardliners will be empowered, mediators will lose patience, and every future concession will get politically harder for both governments to make. — Sanam Vakil, Time, 16 July 2026

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Noun

This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of negotiators

Noun

Trucking companies and freight brokers are starting to use AI to match loads with capacity, manage their fleets and automate billing and invoicing so they can get paid faster.

— Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Prime brokers Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America issued margin calls, and the fund ultimately sold its entire public equities book—longs and shorts alike—to a single unnamed buyer before Thursday’s open.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of brokers

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Presidents specifically visited international hot spots, positioning themselves as global peacemakers.

— Peter Kastor, Fortune, 27 July 2026
When peacemakers finally pried apart Slaughter and Dropo, Slaughter had his jersey ripped, but Dropo had taken the more telling punches.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026

Definition of peacemakers

Noun

The exporters were not there as competitors, but as ambassadors for Brand Kenya.

— W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 27 July 2026
The alliance’s political headquarters is in Brussels, where ambassadors from member nations meet to discuss defense spending, drone incursions and cyber threats.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of ambassadors

Noun

Look for a thriving black market where the big buyers are middlemen who boomerang the produce to new buyers at a fat profit.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
David Luiz, Samuel Eto’o, Andre Schurrle — all these players contributed in some way to Chelsea’s success during the years when various fixers and middlemen were having their palms greased.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of middlemen

Noun

Last year’s Tour was storylined by Evenepoel’s future, creating the impression that the race is filled with covert liaisons, meetings taking place over budget hotel coffee and in the shadows of the paddock buses.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Dillin believes there could be neighborhood film liaisons, a neutral party with actual film experience who can educate neighbors and merchants on challenges and explain the realities of a film shoot.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 July 2026

Definition of liaisons

Noun

What is the right combination of short tracks, intermediates, road courses?

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 16 July 2026
According to the researchers, the catalyst weakens excessive bonding between iron sites and hydroxyl intermediates, allowing the reaction to proceed more smoothly and reducing one of the major bottlenecks in zinc-air battery operation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026

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