How to Use mediation in a Sentence

mediation

noun
  • Both sides have agreed to a two-day mediation next week.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The case had moved to a mediation judge but didn’t appear to go far.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The claims have been in mediation since early last year, court records show.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2022
  • Cease-fire mediation by Egypt and others has shown no sign of progress.
    — Ellen Knickmeyer, Star Tribune, 17 May 2021
  • Cease-fire mediation by Egypt and others has shown no sign of progress.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2021
  • Cease-fire mediation by Egypt and others have shown no sign of progress.
    — chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2021
  • The city and union must remain in mediation for at least 15 days.
    — oregonlive, 14 June 2021
  • The plan is currently set to go to mediation as part of the lawsuit that has tied it up in court.
    — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The police are not trained in mediation.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Part of the campus peer mediation group.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The two remain in mediation and have yet to agree to a settlement.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The drugmakers have been in mediation talks with plaintiffs for more than a year.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 14 May 2022
  • The school has denied this, but is in mediation in the legal matter.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2022
  • If that fails to suffice, the parties would then agree to one day of non-binding mediation.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Contract talks started a year ago and moved to mediation in mid-June.
    — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2022
  • So music had to be at the forefront of the mediation clubhouse.
    — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 15 May 2024
  • Talks have been held in Oman and Rome, and Omani mediation has been used.
    — Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
  • The lawsuit is pending and a judge has referred it to mediation.
    — Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Strathmore has settled both complaints, and the two sides have been in mediation.
    — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The case was settled in mediation, resulting in changes to the book.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Instead, the district and its teachers will head into mediation to try and work out a deal.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The dispute is winding through both mediation and the court system.
    — Jenna Fryer, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Many go to mediation, akin to a settlement.
    — Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Crawford said on the call that the two companies are going to mediation soon.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Earlier in the day, there had been some apparent signs of progress in the mediation.
    — USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • In the fall of 2023, the city agreed to mediation to try to settle the case, records show.
    — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • As of this week, a federal judge ruled that mediation between the two parties had failed.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The health agency and the state of Florida have been sent back to mediation.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 18 June 2021
  • The two sides were set to begin mediation of the dispute on Thursday.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 July 2022
  • The February emails ask to plan a mediation and schedule a phone call.
    — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2021

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