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as in negotiated
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price
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as in agreed
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action
I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes
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as in arranged
to bring about through discussion and compromise
bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with
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Recent Examples of bargained
It’s believed that the list of teams that get competitive balance picks is collectively bargained.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Nurses in Los Angeles bargained for the right to override AI decisions that would be bad for their patients.
—Alexander McCoy, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Courts across the country have landed in conflicting positions on whether the NCAA and its member schools may limit athlete eligibility when those athletes now operate in a labor market and when eligibility rules haven’t been bargained with a players’ union.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The problem — well, at least one problem — is that the length of the season is collectively bargained between the MLBPA and the 30 owners.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
However, there are no statutory exemptions to discuss administrator pay in closed-door meetings, since it’s not collectively bargained, lawyer Barbara Petersen, an expert on Sunshine Law issues, told the Sun Sentinel in a recent interview.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
This was partly out of deference to a president who thinks not of enemies but only of potential counterparties to be bargained with, bullied, swindled, or accommodated.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The Teamsters argue the program violates six articles of the five-year union contract because it wasn’t negotiated and any program that changes the terms of employment, such as compensation and separation, must be bargained with the union.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative agreement in Chattanooga, Tennessee, signaling what may be the end of a long and drawn-out negotiation period as the union and Volkswagen bargained over the first contract at the plant.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Nurses in Los Angeles bargained for the right to override AI decisions that would be bad for their patients.
—Alexander McCoy, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Courts across the country have landed in conflicting positions on whether the NCAA and its member schools may limit athlete eligibility when those athletes now operate in a labor market and when eligibility rules haven’t been bargained with a players’ union.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The problem — well, at least one problem — is that the length of the season is collectively bargained between the MLBPA and the 30 owners.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
However, there are no statutory exemptions to discuss administrator pay in closed-door meetings, since it’s not collectively bargained, lawyer Barbara Petersen, an expert on Sunshine Law issues, told the Sun Sentinel in a recent interview.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
This was partly out of deference to a president who thinks not of enemies but only of potential counterparties to be bargained with, bullied, swindled, or accommodated.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The Teamsters argue the program violates six articles of the five-year union contract because it wasn’t negotiated and any program that changes the terms of employment, such as compensation and separation, must be bargained with the union.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative agreement in Chattanooga, Tennessee, signaling what may be the end of a long and drawn-out negotiation period as the union and Volkswagen bargained over the first contract at the plant.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargained
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Verve Talent and Literary Agency’s Amy Beecroft negotiated the deal on behalf of Hideout with Vertical’s Tony Piantedosion.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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As someone whose boundaries could be negotiated away.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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James McCann, a senior economist at Edward Jones, agreed.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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It was previously agreed the Earth at its core was liquid, and now she's discovered that that's actually not true.—
Carol Sutton Lewis,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Private museum tours, sandal-making workshops, and boat trips to the nearby islands of Aegina and Kea (where another One&Only opens in 2024) can be arranged.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Uncollected Letters of Virginia Woolf, weighing in at a thousand pages and containing over 1,400 letters (additions to the 3,766 letters that were published in six volumes, edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann, between 1975 and 1980), is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His last project, which earned him a Grammy for Best Progressive R&B Album, dealt heavily with the loss of his friend Mac Miller, whose verse is featured early on Distracted.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2026
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Verlander was dealt to Houston at the trade deadline in 2017.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In just a decade, such an event has become about four times more likely due to climate change, the analysis concluded.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Chalker concluded that the test was primarily assessing his psychology.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Minnelli haggled with doctors for extra pills, was left home alone with her infant sister, and once used garden shears to slice open a screen window when Garland locked herself in a bathroom, threatening to overdose.—
Matt Weinstock,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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In the two years since, a wide array of lobbyists, tech and consumer protection officials, representatives from Polis’ office and a small group of lawmakers have haggled, negotiated and fought over how to rewrite those regulations.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Bargained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bargained. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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