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as in arranges
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 manages
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers
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as in manipulates
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 deals
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 executes
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 negotiates
Would all athletes at one university form a unit that negotiates a CBA?
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The company has affiliation agreements with 227 other local stations and negotiates retransmission rights for those with YouTube TV and other virtual pay-TV providers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
The statement came as his company negotiates a secondary share sale at a $500 billion valuation—up from $300 billion just months earlier.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Acting on this insight, the executive team proactively reroutes capacity and negotiates interim storage contracts, buffering against disruption.
—Rob Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Taxpayers deserve a governor who negotiates for them, not one who hands unions a blank check.
—Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The company has affiliation agreements with 227 other local stations and negotiates retransmission rights for those with YouTube TV and other virtual pay-TV providers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
The statement came as his company negotiates a secondary share sale at a $500 billion valuation—up from $300 billion just months earlier.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Acting on this insight, the executive team proactively reroutes capacity and negotiates interim storage contracts, buffering against disruption.
—Rob Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Taxpayers deserve a governor who negotiates for them, not one who hands unions a blank check.
—Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiates
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The Latest section, on the other hand, arranges posts and reels in chronological order, with the most recent ones appearing first.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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At Zé Elídio’s compound, Janalice and other girls are assaulted before being handed over to Philippe Soutin, who arranges to auction them during the mayor’s birthday party.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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What struck me the most was how effortlessly the hotel manages to be both elevated and comfortable.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Its adtech business, which manages advertising on third-party websites, is not publicly broken out.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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After all, if an attacker hijacks the agent’s credentials or manipulates its input data, the agent could take harmful actions faster and more persistently than any human user.—
Michael DeCesare,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The city’s decision deals a major blow to Mayor Francis Suarez.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Keep scrolling for more Reebok sneaker deals worth shopping at Target’s Labor Day Sale.—
Melody Kazel,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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This week’s game against the WarHawks will not simply be about getting in the win column, but how the Crimson Tide executes on both sides of scrimmage ahead of next week’s visit from Wisconsin and, following a bye, the start of SEC play at Georgia on September 20.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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But, like all technologies, each manufacturer executes it differently.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Whether the Yankees are willing to make that type of commitment to a player who will be 37 years old by the time the contract extension concludes will be perhaps the most critical question for the legendary franchise in the coming offseason.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The dramatic decline in insect populations captured in the study underscores both the global scale of the biodiversity crisis and the pressing need for comprehensive monitoring and conservation efforts, a press release concludes.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Aurora’s powerful contribution Aurora handles the computational side of this pairing, with more than 60,000 GPUs and the ability to perform over one quintillion calculations per second.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Aliyah Boston #7 of the Indiana Fever handles the ball against the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena on June 07, 2024 in Washington, DC.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Colts are stuck in QB purgatory unless Anthony Richardson engineers a massive turnaround.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
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Holger Reisinger, Senior Vice President at Jabra—a global brand that engineers technology that makes life look and sound better.—
Holger Reisinger,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Negotiates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiates. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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