pourparler

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Noun
  • Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the U.S. sparked concerns within the Trump administration over his past meetings with top-level figures in China and the client list of his consultancy, Global Counsel.
    Robert Olsen, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • Roslyn Layton is executive vice president of Strand Consult, an independent consultancy.
    Steve Pociask, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • How much can the fans’ opinion sway CBA negotiations behind closed doors?
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 25 July 2025
  • The news that Columbia University will pay more than $200 million to the federal government comes after several investigations and months of negotiations with the Trump administration.
    Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • For one of his final interviews on Superman, Gunn speaks with Entertainment Weekly for an open conversation about some of the movie's biggest spoilers, some of the discourse, and what the film means for future DCU properties.
    EW.com, EW.com, 18 July 2025
  • Students also graduate with the skills to articulate their values and enrich the public discourse on the issues of our day.
    James Davis, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Davis is a magnetic front man, and the Roadhouse Band is an intoxicatingly raucous live outfit, but the constraints of the setup suited his new material, which is suffused with listlessness and yearning, dark jokes and wordy disquisitions on desire.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • In the end, McConnell’s disquisition falls short in making the case for primacy.
    Reid Smith, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
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“Pourparler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pourparler. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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