negotiator

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Recent Examples of negotiator The company has refused to agree to that stipulation, said Nico Coronado, Local 705’s chief negotiator. Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 Colorado’s negotiator, Becky Mitchell, said in a statement this week in response to Buschatzke’s comments that time is of the essence in the negotiations. Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025 Beijing’s top trade negotiator is reportedly headed to Washington this week as part of efforts to extend a tariff truce, but the superpowers’ standoff is already having a huge impact on global commerce and China’s own economy. Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Things quickly go awry when a domestic dispute spirals out of control and a man pulls a gun, barricading himself inside with four hostages as a negotiator outside tries to save the people inside. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 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 Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, a senior economic negotiator and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, were among those who accompanied Putin to Alaska. Nik Popli, Time, 16 Aug. 2025 Ushakov will be one of five members on Russia’s negotiating team, along with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, a senior negotiator and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025 Namita Uppal, the county’s procurement director and top negotiator on the health care contract, emphasized insurance fees won’t change for county employees or the retirees that continue receiving coverage from Miami-Dade. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiator
Noun
  • In the most recent stormy security cabinet meeting on Sunday evening, Zamir once again urged the ministers to consider the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by Egyptian and Qatari mediators that has been accepted by Hamas, the officials told CNN.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both sides have agreed to work with a mediator to try to jump start the negotiations.
    Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Panouses advises his clients to use intermediaries where possible and claim their prizes on busy news days, such as Election Day, to avoid coverage.
    Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Cuban government requires all private enterprises to use state importing agencies as intermediaries.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now, TikTok plans to lay off hundreds of content moderators in a fresh AI pivot.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Potential self-harm content is sent to human moderators for prioritized review, and those moderators can remove the content, direct the user to support organizations, or even call emergency services, the spokesperson says.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Negotiator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiator. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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