as in to negotiate
to discuss the details of (a formal agreement) again especially in order to change them
They want to renegotiate the lease on their apartment.
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Recent Examples of renegotiate
With potential new leadership in Washington, the more onerous aspects could be renegotiated or quietly dropped.
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Growers like Spielmann hoped — and still hope — the agreement would be renegotiated instead.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Member nations were constantly renegotiating it; the final such round, which started in the mid-eighties, lasted more than seven years and resulted in almost three hundred thousand pages of legal text.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Lutnick also outlined the administration's timeline for renegotiating major trade deals, challenged European threats of retaliatory tariffs, and accused Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell of inflicting economic pain on Americans through high interest rates.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Growers like Spielmann hoped — and still hope — the agreement would be renegotiated instead.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Member nations were constantly renegotiating it; the final such round, which started in the mid-eighties, lasted more than seven years and resulted in almost three hundred thousand pages of legal text.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Lutnick also outlined the administration's timeline for renegotiating major trade deals, challenged European threats of retaliatory tariffs, and accused Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell of inflicting economic pain on Americans through high interest rates.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renegotiate
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Another few weeks of Russian infantry assaults could achieve that goal, allowing Putin to negotiate with the U.S. and Ukraine from a position of greater advantage.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Until a decade ago, every La Liga club negotiated its own TV agreement, leading to enormous revenue disparities.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The final four episodes will conclude the eight-episode season.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Researchers estimate that the actual number is even larger, taking into account births after the study's window concluded.—
De Elizabeth,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Renegotiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renegotiate. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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