How to Use the negotiating table in a Sentence

the negotiating table

noun
  • But there have been signs of progress at the negotiating table.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 16 June 2023
  • He's told us to come to the negotiating table.
    — Jack Sommers, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Did any of this bring Putin to the negotiating table?
    — Alexandra Vacroux, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Risch called for both sides to return to the negotiating table.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Every gain at the negotiating table must be sold to people who are not at the table.
    — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
  • The group that likely would push back the most against a shift would be the coaches, who don’t have a seat at the negotiating table.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • For now, this is more about a show of strength by the union in the hopes that Samsung will come to the negotiating table.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 June 2024
  • The office said the only way the conflict will end is at the negotiating table.
    — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Here is a list of contract demands the union is making at the negotiating table.
    — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Both sides are due back at the negotiating table on Monday.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • The only gospel in this process will be preached at the negotiating table, not on the Hotline.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Putin might return to the negotiating table in a more reasonable frame of mind.
    — Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025
  • As of Friday, no one is at the negotiating table.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Will the pressure force Tehran back to the negotiating table?
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The Ravens aren’t at the negotiating table with the state and the Orioles.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • What Ukraine cannot achieve on the battlefield will not be handed to it at the negotiating table.
    — Thomas Graham, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2025
  • And if a reasonable deal cannot be struck soon, should United walk away from the negotiating table?
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • Trump has said the move will increase revenue, balance out trade, and bring the countries to the negotiating table.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Trump on Saturday said more strikes could come if Iran does not come to the negotiating table.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • The heated back-and-forth gives a sense of how much work will have to be done to reach a deal once the union and the studios return to the negotiating table.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Trump promised on the campaign trail to quickly end the war in Ukraine and is trying to force the two sides to the negotiating table.
    — Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Trump just issued his fifth deadline for Putin to come to the negotiating table with Ukraine.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
  • Ryan’s words may not resonate with some of the companies sitting on the other side of the negotiating table.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 July 2023
  • This would create leverage to force Putin to the negotiating table.
    — Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • Even if Russia is brought to the negotiating table, there’s reason to believe its word cannot be trusted.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • But, the same cricket rights which may have brought Disney to the negotiating table may be a sticking point in the merger process.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
  • At first, Israel didn’t want to sit down at the negotiating table, viewing payment as an easy route to making amends.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
  • To find out the nuances of when to haggle and when to walk, two antiques dealers shared their insights from the other side of the negotiating table.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 27 June 2024
  • Two years later, there are still no signs that Russia and Ukraine might return to the negotiating table.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • As a true father of cable, Dolan brought a unique perspective to the negotiating table.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024

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