as in intermediary
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
the retired statesman is often asked to be a middleman in international disputes
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Recent Examples of middleman
PBMs are middlemen that negotiate drug prices between manufacturers, insurers and pharmacies, but these middlemen have been taken over by corporate giants.
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Hendrell Remus, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Founded by two female beauty industry experts who cut out the middleman and source clinically proven ingredients themselves, eliminating unnecessary markups.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Fire the bankers and cut out the Wall Street middlemen sucking value.
—Drew Warshaw, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Now that movies no longer require big studios and powerful middlemen, money is shifting, too.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
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Hendrell Remus, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Founded by two female beauty industry experts who cut out the middleman and source clinically proven ingredients themselves, eliminating unnecessary markups.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Fire the bankers and cut out the Wall Street middlemen sucking value.
—Drew Warshaw, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Now that movies no longer require big studios and powerful middlemen, money is shifting, too.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middleman
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And so the degree to which that changes, the degree to which gas prices continue to fluctuate, and whether or not the administration can come to more agreement with Iranian officials and the intermediaries there in the Middle East, all of those factors are going to be important to watch.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Markiplier wants to become an aggregator himself, and beyond that, to advocate for a system where any filmmaker could access YouTube distribution without the intermediary.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Vatican has also traditionally acted as a mediator with Cuba, a country Trump has mused about taking over.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The Islamic Republic’s latest proposal, the details of which have not been made known, was passed to the White House via Pakistani mediators on Thursday evening.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
1 May 2026
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John Gault, a broker with Baird and Warner Real Estate Services, focuses on residential real estate, with as much as 25% of his business located in the Chicago suburbs.—
John W. Bateman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Many business owners began talking to their lawyers and customs brokers for advice.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
3 May 2026
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For three months, McArn served as both district leader and in her former position as chief human resources officer and lead negotiator.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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Grande plays Olivia Jones, an FBI hostage negotiator who is dating a member of the Focker family.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Since 2022, the Irish have stationed a permanent police liaison officer in the Emirates, and have regularly flown senior police officers and political figures to the Emirates for meetings.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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That charter also added several organizations that will serve as liaison members that share some of Kennedy’s views on vaccines.—
Anil Oza,
STAT,
29 Apr. 2026
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Storrie is an official ambassador for Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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Nicole Kidman Co-chair and Chanel ambassador Nicole Kidman wore a long-sleeve red paillette gown with a close fit through the torso and a straight skirt that skimmed the floor before pooling into a small train in the back.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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But county documents also detail conditions the project should meet to address impacts, including designing buildings to dampen sound and adding landscape buffers.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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That storage has created a significant supply buffer.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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“Middleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middleman. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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