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or compradore
as in middleman
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Recent Examples of comprador
Running from March 28 to April 4, the event opened during Shanghai Fashion Week at the former residence of the comprador He Dong.
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Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
His grandfather was a comprador, or business intermediary, for Jardine Matheson, the British trading house, in its dealings between China and colonial Hong Kong.
—Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020
His father, a comprador for Sassoon, another powerful British trading house, went broke during the 1930s and moved to Southeast Asia, leaving his family behind in poverty.
—Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020
His great uncle was Sir Robert Hotung, the rich Eurasian comprador, who was the first Chinese man to live on Hong Kong's Peak, a wealthy district where only Westerners had been allowed to reside.
—Paul French, CNN, 30 May 2020
Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
His grandfather was a comprador, or business intermediary, for Jardine Matheson, the British trading house, in its dealings between China and colonial Hong Kong.
—Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020
His father, a comprador for Sassoon, another powerful British trading house, went broke during the 1930s and moved to Southeast Asia, leaving his family behind in poverty.
—Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020
His great uncle was Sir Robert Hotung, the rich Eurasian comprador, who was the first Chinese man to live on Hong Kong's Peak, a wealthy district where only Westerners had been allowed to reside.
—Paul French, CNN, 30 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprador
Noun
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The best cocktail dresses are the middlemen of the formalwear world.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
31 July 2025
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The workaround includes using Southeast Asian countries and secondary suppliers to funnel in high-end hardware, showing how U.S. controls may be generating inefficiency and profits for middlemen, rather than stopping China’s AI ambitions.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The shift is subtle but seismic: AI bots and agents are intermediaries, sometimes gatekeepers, determining what information is surfaced.—
Adrien Menard,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The programs initiated in 2022 marked the first time grassroots organizations could apply for federal community violence prevention funding directly, without going through law enforcement or state intermediaries, according to three former DOJ officials.—
Bianca Flowers,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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Faced with feedback from users frustrated by icon selection that could seem capricious and unfair, the arbiters did their best, Houston suggests, to gauge popular support for new candidates.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
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But Democrats announced on Sunday that the parliamentarian, a nonpartisan arbiter of the upper chamber’s rules, found that this provision did not pass muster.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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An arbitrator will now determine whether Wilkins is entitled to his $35 million.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
25 July 2025
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The parties have another 30 days to attempt to find an arbitrator who meets both of their specifications, KERA News reported.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 July 2025
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She was also tapped as a liaison with the federal monitor tracking violence and use of force in the jails.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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In 2021, the city created a civilian community liaison position to connect police with citizens and educate the public.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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If the two primary belligerents—Russia and Ukraine—are unwilling to stop fighting, and if both remain wary of postwar cease-fire security guarantees, China will not succeed as a third-party mediator.—
Da Wei,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2025
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It will be birthed by educators and engineers, by mothers and mediators, by those brave enough to imagine a future beyond vengeance.—
Margaux Chetrit,
Sun Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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The company's senior sales manager, Lauren Doubrava, told the Free Press that the Friends of the Fitz proposed the idea.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Braves manager Brian Snitker said that leadership and experience were reasons the Braves added León, though not the main one.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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Intelsat’s creating launch pads for these nascent peacemakers to lift off into cyberspace is also part of its crusade to one day enable all eight billion global citizens to crisscross the Web, Wajsgras tells me.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Despite Trump throwing his weight behind a push for a 60-day truce between Israel and Hamas, no breakthrough was announced during Netanyahu’s visit, a disappointment for a president who wants to be known as a peacemaker and has hinged his reputation on being a dealmaker.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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“Comprador.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprador. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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