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pourparler

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Definition of pourparler

as in consultancy

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After the closing bell on Monday, mall owner Simon Property Group and infrastructure consultancy AECOM are set to report earnings.

— Paulina Likos,Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Data firm Circana and consultancy McKinsey have identified GLP-1 users as first-time aesthetics consumers with notably higher category spending.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of consultancy

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Although no official statements have been made, frenetic speculations about TWICE leader Jihyo and members Tzuyu and Chaeyoung earlier this year prompted JYP to issue statements that contract negotiations were still ongoing.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The negotiations have progressed well and reached their final stage, Araghchi said, while insisting the deal would not reopen the waterway.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiation

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The casting of most beloved literary characters in screen adaptation inevitably creates online discourse as fans of the books have their own preconceived notions for what the characters should look like.

— The Deadline Team, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
And the gender discourse is abysmal, especially in the villages.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of discourse

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Recently, at a candidates forum outside Dallas, Larry Brock expressed the following sentiments as part of a lengthy disquisition on the Muslim faith.

— Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2026
There was little time to draw breath between art classes, violin making, and disquisitions on John Ruskin.

— Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of disquisition

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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

Definition of bull session

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