Thesaurus results for HONEST BROKER

honest broker

noun

Definition of honest broker

as in mediator

one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement after all the bad blood on both sides, we need to find someone who hasn't been influenced and can act as an honest broker

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Recent Examples of honest broker Journalists like to see themselves as honest brokers, covering politics in a way that gives fair representation to a wide range of actors and playing the watchdog role in a responsible and essentially objective way. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 Historically the pope is viewed as an honest broker in terms of international diplomacy that is at odds with a sitting president's worldview, but experts say there has never been a clash so public or personal. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026 Pakistan would need to stay the course as an honest broker and not get discouraged. — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026 Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker The chair of the German parliament’s defense committee was blunter. — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for honest broker

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Noun

Qatar is among the nations that have acted as mediators between the two sides for months.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
In this way, the child often takes on the role of a confidant, mentor, or mediator within their household.

— Parents, Parents, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of mediator

Noun

At one bank, the attacker breached a loan progress inquiry service used by financial brokers; at another, an employee mobile work-support system.

— Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
These services can help remove personal information from data broker websites that collect and sell details such as names, addresses and phone numbers.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of broker

Noun

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian ombudsman and his country's chief negotiator in the talks, said the ceasefire would take effect across the Kherson region and neighboring areas essential to the operation.

— BEN FINLEY, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Here’s a first look at Minnie Driver as a hostage negotiator in Paramount+‘s tense heist thriller The Day.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiator

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Lubelo has also persuaded several friends to join the school, becoming something of an ambassador in a community where magic is often frowned upon and associated with witchcraft.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
The president leads the armed forces and can veto legislation, signs international treaties and appoints ambassadors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambassador

Noun

That may be true, but there was also a more earthly intermediary in Brockhampton’s Merlyn Wood.

— Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
Groups such as Yes Brasil in Florida and the Congresso Conservador Brasileiro in Massachusetts bring together supporters, Brazilian politicians and the immigrant community, and can act as intermediaries with American conservative circles.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermediary

Noun

Creative freedom runs on a cash buffer, not on a good quarter.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
With sanctions limiting borrowing and liquid reserves dwindling, analysts warn Russia could exhaust its financial buffers by early 2028 without further tax increases or spending cuts.

— David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of buffer

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