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as in negotiating
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 agreeing
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 arranging
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 bargaining
Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
By Charles Homans and Philip Montgomery With 300,000 employees gone and collective-bargaining rights eliminated, the administration has hobbled organized labor.
—Philip Montgomery Dan Kaufman Hugo Lindgren Lulu Garcia-Navarro Kwame Anthony Appiah Sophie Haigney Daniel Poppick John Hodgman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Contract bargaining sessions between EMS unions and City Hall are expected to continue later this month, members said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
There’s a real possibility that this bargaining period goes by without a new deal and that talks pick back up again in June, after both the WGA and DGA have had their chance to negotiate.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
On Friday, the union posted to Facebook announcing that BGE will lay off 47 of their bargaining unit members, while keeping contractors on the job doing the same work as union members.
—Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
And the company has committed a host of unfair labor practices, including firing a member of the bargaining committee, punishing a worker for filing a grievance against management and making changes to working conditions without giving the union notice, UFCW officials alleged.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Increasing transparency around overtime, requiring clearer reporting on how bargaining provisions affect pension and retiree health liabilities, and strengthening workforce accountability can support fair collective bargaining while protecting taxpayers and public services.
—Carol Platt Liebau, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The number is calculated by a formula laid out in the most recent collective-bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
The union said nurses are committed to bargaining daily to settle the dispute.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
With continued support of mediators, nurses plan on bargaining daily to settle fair contracts that protect patient and nurse safety.
—Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The announcement comes after resort ownership and its patrollers union, which have been bargaining since June, reached an impasse in negotiations.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
The nurses’ dispute comes as 100 non-RN healthcare professionals at the hospital also voted to join the union and are in the midst of bargaining their first contract.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Allina and Doctors Council-SEIU have been bargaining a first contract since February of 2024.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
That’s true so long as the two sides are bargaining in good faith.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
What were the musicians bargaining for?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
Members of the United Professional Educators union said that moving administrators to classroom positions violated the terms of their bargaining agreement and state labor code.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
By Charles Homans and Philip Montgomery With 300,000 employees gone and collective-bargaining rights eliminated, the administration has hobbled organized labor.
—Philip Montgomery Dan Kaufman Hugo Lindgren Lulu Garcia-Navarro Kwame Anthony Appiah Sophie Haigney Daniel Poppick John Hodgman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Contract bargaining sessions between EMS unions and City Hall are expected to continue later this month, members said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
There’s a real possibility that this bargaining period goes by without a new deal and that talks pick back up again in June, after both the WGA and DGA have had their chance to negotiate.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
On Friday, the union posted to Facebook announcing that BGE will lay off 47 of their bargaining unit members, while keeping contractors on the job doing the same work as union members.
—Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
And the company has committed a host of unfair labor practices, including firing a member of the bargaining committee, punishing a worker for filing a grievance against management and making changes to working conditions without giving the union notice, UFCW officials alleged.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Increasing transparency around overtime, requiring clearer reporting on how bargaining provisions affect pension and retiree health liabilities, and strengthening workforce accountability can support fair collective bargaining while protecting taxpayers and public services.
—Carol Platt Liebau, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The number is calculated by a formula laid out in the most recent collective-bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
The union had been bargaining with Kaiser since last May.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
The union said nurses are committed to bargaining daily to settle the dispute.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
With continued support of mediators, nurses plan on bargaining daily to settle fair contracts that protect patient and nurse safety.
—Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The announcement comes after resort ownership and its patrollers union, which have been bargaining since June, reached an impasse in negotiations.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
The nurses’ dispute comes as 100 non-RN healthcare professionals at the hospital also voted to join the union and are in the midst of bargaining their first contract.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Allina and Doctors Council-SEIU have been bargaining a first contract since February of 2024.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
That’s true so long as the two sides are bargaining in good faith.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
What were the musicians bargaining for?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargaining
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The framework said that more negotiations will be needed to formalize the agreement.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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All participants described the talks in Abu Dhabi talks as constructive, but the negotiations did not appear to achieve a breakthrough on contentious points.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Senator says that's 'bottom line' Still, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, said Republicans have been negotiating in good faith.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The rest of the negotiating team soon arrived, still fresh from their trip to Abu Dhabi.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Identifying a problem and agreeing on a solution is rarely a straight line in politics, and whether Democratic lawmakers’ comfort with criticizing ICE translates into full agreement on policy changes remains to be seen.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Stern faced one misdemeanor charge of engaging or agreeing to engage in prostitution in January.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Feb. 2026
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Emails show Epstein’s associates arranging meetings between him and Black from 2010 to 2017.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Recent articles in the news report Canada, Mexico, Central and South America arranging trading with countries who don't treat them as stepchildren.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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It’s widely understood that to shop secondhand is to enter into a treasure hunt, where messiness is permitted and persistence is rewarded with bargains and unique items.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four years later, machines had been taught to play Atari games, and Google acquired DeepMind at the bargain price of some half a billion dollars.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Pistons, too, made their own trade deadline move, dealing scoring guard Jaden Ivey to the Chicago Bulls in a three-team trade bringing sharpshooter Kevin Huerter to Detroit.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Once the Antetokounmpo deal never materialized, the possibility of dealing away Rozier’s salary also vanished.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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That language was ultimately stripped from the bill in end-of-session haggling.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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As of now, no, according to a June 2025 study of transaction data from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, University of California, San Diego and Northwestern University.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The legislation essentially says that a healthcare company cannot own both sides of a transaction.—
Caitlin Huey-Burns,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Bargaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bargaining. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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