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pourparler

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Definition of pourparler

as in consultancy

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After moving to California in the early 2000s, Bennett started a creative consultancy before cofounding beauty incubator Hatch Beauty in 2010.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Avoid trying new, untested recipes, said etiquette coach Maryanne Parker, founder of Manor of Manners, an international business, social and youth etiquette consultancy in San Diego.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of consultancy

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The Sun enters your 7th House, beginning a month that puts partnerships, collaborations, negotiations, and important one-on-one relationships in greater focus.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
Lula has rejected the allegations while continuing negotiations with Washington, and has increasingly made the defense of Brazilian sovereignty a central point of his campaign.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiation

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During the two-month negotiation pause, SEIU and the state discussed returning to the bargaining table in sidebar conversations.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The department remains focused on achieving a fair and responsible agreement and continues to be available at the bargaining table.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of bargaining

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The internet, the exploitation of people via media, how society responds to media, and also the birth of the discourse that gave rise to online communities and the discourse online, all of that is in this movie, which is so rich.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
More recently, students were at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 and forced the war in Gaza to the center of national discourse in 2024.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of discourse

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One supervisor gave a brief disquisition on the history of corporate personhood, how it was created from a headnote in an 1886 Supreme Court case.

— Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Recently, at a candidates forum outside Dallas, Larry Brock expressed the following sentiments as part of a lengthy disquisition on the Muslim faith.

— Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of disquisition

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And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city.

— Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023

Definition of bull session

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