pourparler

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Noun
  • But nearly all of them can be had for a price that is significantly less than that of a full-time employee, says Brent Magid, who leads an eponymous consultancy firm that has advised TV networks and stations for decades.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Some Costco stores generate more revenue a year than entire businesses, noted Shikha Jain, a lead partner for consumer/retail in North America and head of the Boston office at consultancy Simon-Kucher.
    Laura Layden, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The following months were filled with back-and-forth negotiations.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Trump said today that Iran is making an offer for negotiations but did not provide additional details.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • After two months on the picket lines, the 115-member bargaining unit held a vote Friday about whether to stay on strike or approach guild management about essentially accepting their March 11 proposal.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Negotiations have continued on and off in the two years since bargaining began.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If left unchecked, the discourse will overshadow the important work that must be done.
    Denise Horland, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • So much of the discourse is very Langdon-versus-Santos, and that’s just misogyny.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Recently, at a candidates forum outside Dallas, Larry Brock expressed the following sentiments as part of a lengthy disquisition on the Muslim faith.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 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
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 26 Apr. 2026.

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