negotiate
verb (used without object)
to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
negotiator
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a word derived from
negotiate.
Example Sentences
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Mediators say Hayya, who has been the group’s chief negotiator, is more pragmatic than his predecessor Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I didn’t start with a negative view,” Robert Malley, a high-level negotiator under Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, told me.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
He casts himself as a problem-solver and negotiator par excellence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that any deal to end the war "only has meaning when its clauses are valid and being implemented".
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
He was probably the most accomplished negotiator in the ranks of the ANC, a skill he honed as secretary-general of the National Union of Mine Workers.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
