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conflict resolution

American  
[kahn-flikt rez-uh-loo-shuhn] / ˈkɑn flɪkt ˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən /

noun

  1. the skills and methods needed to bring a peaceful end to conflicts.


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Whether in Kyiv or Khan Younis, war has ceased to be a mechanism for conflict resolution and has instead become a perpetuator of instability, humiliation and loss.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

The board is "tethered to a galaxy far, far away and not to the realities of conflict resolution back here on Planet Earth," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

“The Lebanese military isn’t interested or ready to confront Hezbollah militarily,” said Randa Slim, a fellow at the Johns Hopkins University-based Foreign Policy Institute and an expert on conflict resolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

He left Downing Street after 10 years and went on to set up Inter-mediate, a conflict resolution charity which has helped negotiate peace agreements in Colombia, Mozambique and Spain.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

It was probably something she’d learned in her conflict resolution seminar.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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