How to Use renegotiate in a Sentence

renegotiate

verb
  • The deal is done. I won't renegotiate.
  • And that’s one more item on the list for the buyer to renegotiate the sale price.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Britain could have tried to renegotiate.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Whether or not that was a ploy to renegotiate a contract remains to be seen.
    — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Banks can always renegotiate the terms of their loans to landlords.
    — Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • And renegotiating some of those rules to be more favorable is a good thing.
    — Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
  • Gilmore is on the books to make a base salary of $7 million this season and would like to renegotiate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
  • As soon as the cofounders sat down, the bankers on the other side started to renegotiate the deal.
    — Gary Miller, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Trump promised over and over to pull out of Nafta and renegotiate a much better deal.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 11 May 2018
  • The eighties and nineties were a time for Parton to renegotiate the place of craft in fame.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The city has been trying to renegotiate that shift schedule with the police union, but hasn’t struck a deal.
    — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2018
  • Consent must be at the centre of my work and that is something that is renegotiated all the time.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Ducey and the tribes reached a deal to renegotiate the contracts in late 2016.
    — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The deal hinges on renegotiating debt, much of which comes due in 2018.
    — Kyle Arnold, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The prices were renegotiated only three years ago.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And a fourth option is to renegotiate the terms entirely.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The Swoiks renegotiated the deal and moved into their dream home this past April.
    — Jennifer Fisher, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
  • The two parties are renegotiating the terms and timing of the deal, Forescout said.
    — William Louch, WSJ, 18 May 2020
  • After the two sides tried and failed to renegotiate, Hunter Biden entered a not guilty plea.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 July 2023
  • The hope would be renegotiating for a more cap-friendly deal, but Fitzpatrick would need to be amenable.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But owners were able to procure grants and loans to reopen, said Arabacıoğlu, and renegotiate their lease.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • For the 12-team playoff to take place before then, the parties would have to renegotiate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2021
  • Picture a yo-yo — the consumer is pulled back into the dealership to renegotiate the deal at a worse terms.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The council approved the agreement at that time, but the deal was never signed and has been renegotiated since then.
    — Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 2 May 2017
  • But the revenue losses have put pressure on him to renegotiate the terms of the loans, said Talley.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • During that period, either party may choose to close the deal, not close the deal, or renegotiate the terms of the deal.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Smith renegotiated his contract with the Raiders as a way of making this trade happen.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Then the market went south, the debts piled up, and Kushner spent years pushing banks to renegotiate the loans.
    — Michael Kranish and Jonathan O'Connell, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2017
  • Hunt tried to get Jennings to renegotiate the deal, and failed, according to the lawsuit.
    — Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • But some are wary — in the past, the Venezuelan government forced them to renegotiate contracts on worse terms.
    — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 1 Feb. 2026

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