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pourparler

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Definition of pourparler

as in consultancy

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The analysts slightly raised their full-year earnings estimates after the consultancy's recent $5 billion debt raise and suggestion that $2 billion in share repurchases would be completed by the fourth quarter.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
The consultancy world would call that a ‘fresh eyes’ perspective.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of consultancy

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Iranian officials said negotiations over future management of the Hormuz strait with Oman, which sits on the opposite shore of the waterway, are in their final stages.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
The ultra-hardliners have used nightly rallies and their control of state television, known by the acronym IRIB, to drum up opposition to negotiations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiation

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The state and union reached tentative agreements on 13 issues, according to the PERB filing in which the union accuses state officials of bargaining in bad faith.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
As a result, the merger will not increase the combined company’s bargaining power over the licensing of basic cable channels.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 July 2026

Definition of bargaining

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Ariana Grande plans to step away from the public eye following scrutiny amid ongoing discourse around her health, a representative told People.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026
Despite a lively online discourse around Nolan’s latest, The Odyssey currently holds a solid 94% critic rating and a 97% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 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

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