negotiator

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Recent Examples of negotiator Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in earlier talks with the United States, provided a rare public acknowledgment of the internal divide. — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Kristin, a cool, calm, and collected crisis negotiator from the purple tribe, negotiates with Kilby, a game designer from Canada on the yellow tribe. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 Former Tigray lead peace negotiator Getachew Reda, now an adviser to the prime minister, accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front of attacking government positions in Afar and Amhara despite efforts to avoid another war. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Vice Premier He and China’s chief trade negotiator Li Chenggang left the talks at JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York without speaking to media. — CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 During negotiations to set up the fund, one negotiator emphasized the need for resources to be accessible within 24 to 48 hours of a climate disaster. — Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 The union’s chief negotiator, Bobby Roy, said bargaining remains paused Thursday. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Bobby Roy, the union's chief negotiator, said the state rejected proposals from the union without making a counterproposal. — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 In 2019, according to her campaign, Hinojosa was a key Democratic negotiator on the largest school finance overhaul in a generation. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiator
Noun
  • Iran makes another push before heading home In a sign of Tehran’s apparent sense of urgency, Pezeshkian hosted the prime minister of Qatar, the mediator in the indirect talks, early Friday before much of New York rolled out of bed.
    — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In a sign of Tehran’s apparent sense of urgency, Pezeshkian hosted the prime minister of Qatar, the mediator in the indirect talks, early Friday before much of New York rolled out of bed.
    — Cara Anna, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Boeing sells products to Israel both directly and through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, under which the US government acts as an intermediary, procuring equipment from the company for sale to Israel.
    — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • By automating tasks that once required human discretion, rulers can replace unreliable intermediaries with faithful algorithms that cannot be bribed or manipulated.
    — Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Deadline moderator Andreas Wiseman asked whether the pact felt like a risk.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Put a curious moderator shoulder-to-shoulder with a decision-maker actively working through their own experience with your brand or with a competitor’s offering.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Negotiator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiator. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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