negotiators

noun

plural of negotiator
as in mediators

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Recent Examples of negotiators This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiators
  1. mediators
  2. intermediaries
  3. intermediates
  4. jurists
  5. moderators
Noun
  • Some are journalists, mediators, plumbers, custodians, and writers.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
  • Instead, the mediators will convey points from either side to the other, with the goal being to ease tension following another exchange of fire that erupted at the end of last week.
    — July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of mediators
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  • Subsequent Fortune reporting on the files traced how Epstein spent roughly a decade working to insert himself into Gates’ inner circle—directly and through intermediaries—and kept at it even after Gates stopped communicating with him.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • But as the January date approached, Atkin and Jammi’s research showed that intermediaries were still sending money to prominent peddlers of election conspiracies like Dan Bongino and Tucker Carlson.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
Definition of intermediaries
Noun
  • According to the researchers, the catalyst weakens excessive bonding between iron sites and hydroxyl intermediates, allowing the reaction to proceed more smoothly and reducing one of the major bottlenecks in zinc-air battery operation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
  • More than 90% of China-ASEAN trade is in industrial intermediates rather than finished goods, and intra-regional FDI flows now represent roughly half of the FDI stock within the ASEAN+3 region, according to AMRO.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of intermediates
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  • The commission of inquiry, which called on international bodies to hold Israeli officials to account, is composed of three senior international jurists and chaired by the former Indian judge Srinivasan Muralidhar.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 24 June 2026
  • Eskin favors changing the system for choosing judges to one in which jurists are appointed to a single 15-year term, eliminating the need for elections while also ensuring that jurists do eventually leave the bench to make way for others.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of jurists
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  • Unlike moderators at for-profit platforms, Wikipedia cannot simply hire more administrators.
    — Ryan McGrady, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
  • Instead, Jones appeared alone at an Atlanta Press Club debate held at GPB studios after Jackson declined to attend, answering questions from moderators without an opponent on stage.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Definition of moderators

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