as in compromises
the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement
it will take some negotiation, but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire
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Recent Examples of negotiations
Over 20 hours of contentious negotiations between American and Iranian officials in Islamabad over the weekend concluded without a go-forward plan to end the war, calling into question a tenuous two-week ceasefire deal was agreed upon last week.
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Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 12 Apr. 2026
The president was at a UFC fight in Florida with Marco Rubio during the negotiations.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Obama’s secretary of state, John Kerry, and counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif later met during negotiations toward the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — a process that lasted well over a year.
—E. Eduardo Castillo, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
No word on what happens after ceasefire expires The face-to-face talks that ended early Sunday were the highest-level negotiations between the longtime rivals since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Hopefully peace negotiations would bring a positive outcome.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
An Iranian diplomatic official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of closed-door talks, denied that negotiations had failed over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
—Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
First, movies are workplaces, and Nirenberg’s interviewees reveal the stressful negotiations involved in the daily life of filmmaking—not only with executives and producers but also with directors, who, though employed by those very same businesspeople, are also the immediate bosses of the crew.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Leverage often comes into play in certain negotiations, and that was the case with him.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 12 Apr. 2026
The president was at a UFC fight in Florida with Marco Rubio during the negotiations.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Obama’s secretary of state, John Kerry, and counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif later met during negotiations toward the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — a process that lasted well over a year.
—E. Eduardo Castillo, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
No word on what happens after ceasefire expires The face-to-face talks that ended early Sunday were the highest-level negotiations between the longtime rivals since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Hopefully peace negotiations would bring a positive outcome.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
An Iranian diplomatic official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of closed-door talks, denied that negotiations had failed over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
—Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
First, movies are workplaces, and Nirenberg’s interviewees reveal the stressful negotiations involved in the daily life of filmmaking—not only with executives and producers but also with directors, who, though employed by those very same businesspeople, are also the immediate bosses of the crew.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Leverage often comes into play in certain negotiations, and that was the case with him.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiations
compromises
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The Trim House was completed in 2025 with no compromises made due to regulatory constraints.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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Through its history, the latter approaches have often left F1 divided, with difficult compromises that leave few fully satisfied.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Negotiations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiations. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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