How to Use reach a compromise in a Sentence

reach a compromise

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  • Brown called on the city to reach a compromise with the union.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Both Kraft and Belichick should be smart enough to reach a compromise.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The transit district delayed the project in Del Mar for months in an effort to reach a compromise.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Lutnick told Fox Business News that the tariffs would not be paused, but that Trump would reach a compromise.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The Senate took the stance that there may be a way to reach a compromise by factoring in the cost of the old law or breaking out pieces of the spending package.
    — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • In 2013, the teams were unable to reach a compromise on a scheduling conflict.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Even as the blackout has ensued, the sides are continuing to try to reach a compromise.
    — William Earl, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • To craft a coalition agreement, the parties had to build consensus and reach a compromise.
    — Steven E. Sokol, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Repair would require both parties to want to reach a compromise, or one party to change their mind.
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • To that end, some analysts suspect the two sides may reach a compromise before the weekend.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The good news is Washington appears to have plenty of time to reach a compromise on the debt ceiling before things get dicey.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
  • McCarthy last week floated the prospect of a short-term bridge that would give the House and Senate more time to reach a compromise on final spending levels for the year.
    — Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The working group had initially marked the Christmas recess as a soft deadline to reach a compromise.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Now, with no plan currently in place, city officials are trying to reach a compromise about what to do next.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2021
  • Morgan sees himself as the commission's problem-solver who will step in when the commission needs to reach a compromise on where the lines should be drawn.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2021
  • The battle came to a head when Pelaez’s and Sandoval’s appointees to the redistricting committee couldn’t reach a compromise and brought the issue up for a vote.
    — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2022
  • To work with their tenants to, to reach a compromise rather than just automatically throwing ‘em out on the street.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Moreover, the House must reach a compromise with the Senate, which has passed a much narrower budget resolution that leaves the big tax cuts out for now.
    — Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But the generals have so far publicly dismissed attempts to reach a compromise.
    — Noha Elhennawy and Isabel Debre, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The seven states that tap the river failed to reach Touton’s initial August deadline and have been working ever since to reach a compromise.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • If the House doesn't agree with the changes to HB 470, and the Senate refuses to budge, a group of lawmakers from both chambers will try to reach a compromise in a conference committee.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The union and automakers had been trying to reach a compromise before the 4-year-old contract between them expired on Thursday night.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Some House Republicans were incensed at the extension, which is designed to buy more time to reach a compromise.
    — CBS News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • There is now an unprecedented willingness to reach a compromise on almost all sides of the conflict—except that of Hifter.
    — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2017
  • And if McCarthy were to reach a compromise with Democrats, far-right Republicans could either block the bill from coming to a vote or remove him from the speaker’s office.
    — Ben Ritz, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The two parties are trying to reach a compromise, but the disagreement jeopardizes the city’s decadeslong plan to have its first four-year university.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Legislators will aim to reach a compromise in a conference committee over the next couple of weeks before the end of session.
    — Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The Legislature did not adopt either bill, as lawmakers encouraged the two sides to reach a compromise.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But if lawmakers don’t reach a compromise in time, the government could shut down, causing real risks for Americans across the country.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The shift came as both sides struggled to reach a compromise amid an intense, partisan funding debate over Trump’s spending powers.
    — Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025

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