as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
after all the bad blood on both sides, we need to find someone who hasn't been influenced and can act as an honest broker
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Recent Examples of honest broker
Often better equipped to pilot new programs, and better positioned to play honest broker on thorny issues, small countries are sometimes well positioned to lead multilateral efforts with more powerful nations.
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Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2021
Senate Republicans expressed doubt Wednesday that Russia would back the ceasefire and warned that Putin was not an honest broker.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Last year’s fires destroyed twice the amount of land burned during the previous record year of 1989.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Mr. Cardini was not inclined to vary his recipe.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
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Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2021
Senate Republicans expressed doubt Wednesday that Russia would back the ceasefire and warned that Putin was not an honest broker.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Last year’s fires destroyed twice the amount of land burned during the previous record year of 1989.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Mr. Cardini was not inclined to vary his recipe.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honest broker
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Khalil worked as a mediator between protesters and Columbia University during protests on the campus in 2023 and 2024.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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The suit — an obstacle to CBS parent Paramount Global’s deal to merge with Skydance Media — has gone to a mediator.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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Dakota Johnson stars as a disaffected matchmaker who’s disarmed by a suave private equity broker played by Pedro Pascal.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 June 2025
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Employers aren’t just looking for a broker anymore.—
Tim Pratte,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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On Saturday, Iran's UN ambassador said 78 people had been killed and more than 320 wounded since the start of Israel's attack.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
15 June 2025
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Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Saeed Amir Iravani said Friday that the Israeli strikes had thus far killed 78 people, the majority of them civilians, and injured more than 320.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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Regulating pharmacy benefits managers A measure designed to rein in the practices of pharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs — companies that act as intermediaries between drugmakers, insurance corporations and pharmacies — was approved with broad bipartisan support and is backed by Pritzker.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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In 2023, county officials scuttled negotiations by refusing to continue serving as an intermediary between the company and ICE after loud opposition from residents.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2025
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This inflated sense of self serves as a defense mechanism: a buffer against any and all feelings of shame, powerlessness or worthlessness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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In Donald Trump’s first administration, he was surrounded by buffers and filters—but in his second, he’s surrounded by amplifiers.—
The Editors,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2025
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Genji’s liaisons, each marked by an exchange of poems, succeed one another so divertingly that their sorrows accumulate by stealth.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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The office's legislative liaison, Steve Knudson, declined comment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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Reuters, however, quoted French President Emmanuel Macron, who rejected the idea of Putin as a peacemaker.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Several lawmakers are playing peacemaker between the chambers; Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Finance Chair Mike Crapo were expected to address the matter with Trump directly at a White House meeting on Thursday.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
13 June 2025
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The Total Joy is a slight step up, a higher-performance ski that is still suitable for intermediates and advanced intermediates.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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Norris kept out of the wall and made it into the pits for intermediates, but Piastri got stuck in the grass at the final chicane and tumbled out of the points as a result.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Honest broker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honest%20broker. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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