Example Sentences

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Both sides will set dates soon as to when negations will happen next week.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Mr Harper said there had been "quite a lot of progress" in negations between the trade unions and train operating companies and Network Rail.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2022

He replaced Mohammed Abdel-Aty who oversaw years of technical negations with Ethiopia over its controversial dam on the Nile River’s main tributary.

From Washington Times • Aug. 13, 2022

It decided to lower the rate by 8.2% after nine months of negations.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2022

Even worse, a sentence can have more negations than you think it does.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker