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negotiated

verb

past tense of negotiate

as in arranged

to bring about through discussion and compromise wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer

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as in managed

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers

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as in engineered

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls

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as in dealt

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate

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as in achieved

to carry through (as a process) to completion scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer

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Recent Examples of negotiated House Democrats largely opted not to support the funding agreement negotiated by their Senate counterparts, with some saying that funding DHS at current levels even for a few days would be inappropriate. —

Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026 The deal was negotiated by Mark Ward on behalf of Independent Film Company and Shudder. —

William Earl, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026 Some field-side suites, such as the ones at SoFi Stadium, will also be impacted — though in some cases, FIFA and stadiums have negotiated compromises, and total field area requirements have been reduced. —

Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Florida Power & Light’s recent rate increases were negotiated behind closed doors, excluding the majority of their residential ratepayers. —

Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026 Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democratic leaders voted against the package that passed Tuesday afternoon -- a deal that was negotiated by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the White House. —

Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2026 Trump quickly negotiated a government funding deal with Democrats this week after Minneapolis shootings sparked backlash over immigration enforcement tactics and Homeland Security operations. —

Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026 Last year, Canada signed a defense cooperation agreement with the European Union and negotiated a pact that allowed Canadian defense firms to tap into the EU’s $170 billion loan program meant to spur military modernization. —

Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026 Rather than raze the city days before it was recovered by the Allied forces, Choltitz went rogue, negotiated a truce, and surrendered the city. —

Sally Susman, Time, 27 Jan. 2026

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Two days after Jamarrien Monroe and his 5-year-old cousin were killed, police arrested Tyreion Nixon-Clark in connection with an unrelated homicide motivated by robbery in which the suspect arranged a meeting that the victim thought was to be a rifle sale, authorities said.

— Emerson Clarridge Updated February 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026
Kimani parked beside a clearing where chairs had been arranged around a fire.

— Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026