a meeting of (the) minds

noun phrase

: an understanding or agreement between two people or groups

The company and the union tried to come to a meeting of (the) minds.

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Courtesy of Schoolhouse As many great ideas do, the collaboration began with a meeting of minds over coffee, when Miller and the former Schoolhouse CEO Alex Bellos bonded over their love of good design. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2025 Call it a meeting of the minds — or at least, the scalp and the face. — Noor Lobad, WWD, 4 Feb. 2025 Achieving a meeting of the minds Still, some Israeli analysts hold out hope that the government can move beyond its most extreme members to seize the moment. — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024 The remix, with Robyn and Yung Lean, is a meeting of the minds between two generations of trailblazing pop stars and a Soundcloud rapper. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 While the team was in Arizona, Butler, Bush and manager Mark Kotsay had a meeting of the minds. — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024 Nunes said the culmination of Denim Futures represents a meeting of the minds, as well as a chance to share a trove of knowledge with consumers and other players, like manufacturers and brands. — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2024 Monty Roberts’ reflections about why their experiences of World War II as children might have fomented a meeting of the minds at mid-life becomes a rumination on authoritarian norms, as well as on the cumulative effects of small acts of kindness on the greater world. — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 June 2024 Golden Boy will likely also assert that there was no enforceable oral contract since the parties had (possibly) not reached a meeting of the minds on key details. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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