How to Use mediator in a Sentence

mediator

noun
  • And don’t make your child a mediator or a weapon in those fights.
    — Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The first step would be for mediators to bring both sides to the table.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There is no lateness to set, there is no mediator for months on end.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Turkey has played a role as a mediator in talks.
    — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Qatar has served as a mediator in ceasefire talks.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 14 Sep. 2025
  • So Athena acts as a mediator who puts an end to the fighting?
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The four upper states have called for a mediator to try to break the impasse.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • But mediators often can pay a steep price for their efforts.
    — Galip Dalay, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, board members met with mediators to try to work out a settlement.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Hall said he's served for the past seven years as a mediator in family court.
    — John Simerman, NOLA.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The parties agreed to use a mediator, which led to the tentative deal.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
  • India could leverage this and even play a mediator in the crisis.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 21 May 2021
  • But even as mediators worked for peace, tensions simmered.
    — Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The three sources said the mediators are now waiting for Hamas' response.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
  • But even as mediators worked for peace, tensions simmered.
    — ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Both sides have agreed to work with a mediator to try to jump start the negotiations.
    — Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The sides have agreed to sit down soon with a mediator to try to craft a win-win resolution of the dispute.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2019
  • Instead, the court ordered the parents to meet with a mediator.
    — Vic Ryckaert, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Pakistan has been a key mediator.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • The group called on mediators to step in and pressure Israel to curb its attacks.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
  • As the settlement was hashed out with a mediator, the terms went beyond money.
    — Geoff Mulvihill and Jennifer Peltz, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The terms of the agreements, reached last month through a mediator, were not disclosed in court documents.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Those that don't will be assigned a mediator by the state and have 30 days to settle the dispute.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Toward the end, the poem introduces the gut as a mediator who suggests the lungs as a place of rest.
    — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Pakistan has served as a mediator between the two countries.
    — Sean Conlon,alex Harring,justina Lee, CNBC, 14 June 2026
  • Pakistan has served as a mediator between the two countries.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • If there is a dispute about physical custody, the two will turn to a mediator to solve the issue.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Louisville also agreed to pay Maffet's share of her mediator's fee from the lawsuit.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2020
  • There’s always one person in the family who ends up having to be the mediator.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Christina takes on the role of mediator for newlyweds who can’t seem to agree on a design for their kitchen and living room.
    — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021

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