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
Their principled positions on the U.S.-Israeli strikes lend credibility to their roles as honest brokers.
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Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
The national security adviser is supposed to be an honest broker among the various national-security players.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
Senate Republicans expressed doubt Wednesday that Russia would back the ceasefire and warned that Putin was not an honest broker.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker The chair of the German parliament’s defense committee was blunter.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
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Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
The national security adviser is supposed to be an honest broker among the various national-security players.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
Senate Republicans expressed doubt Wednesday that Russia would back the ceasefire and warned that Putin was not an honest broker.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker The chair of the German parliament’s defense committee was blunter.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honest broker
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Mashaal said the group has offered multiple options, including a long-term truce, as part of ongoing negotiations with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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By replacing the mediator with mutant plants, the receiver plants failed to get protection against the stress.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
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Real estate brokers say many hedge funders, private equity chiefs and venture capital investors are also joining traditional Wall Street bankers in the buying spree.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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Akhparian, a broker, moved into the shopping center at Victory Boulevard and Mammoth Avenue in the mid-1980s.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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As Claudius’s skills as a negotiator had improved, his customers had ratcheted up their aggressive campaigns for asymmetrical deals.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, broached the subject at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) .—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Mandelson, a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party, has not been arrested or charged.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Starmer has apologized to Epstein’s victims and pledged to release public documents that will show Mandelson lied when he was being vetted for the ambassador’s job.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The elaborate game plan involved identifying powerful targets like the Musk brothers, using women and intermediaries to forge stronger ties with the target, and then relentlessly trying to insert himself into their circles.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The piece — a Confederate First National — had been transferred to Youngblood in April 2022 under an extended payment arrangement of $85,000, with partial payments routed through an intermediary rather than directly from Youngblood.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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Certified financial planner Curtis Congdon, president of XML Financial Group, said investors in buffer ETFs don’t have to be too concerned about missing out on big upside when the market is highly valued.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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Enterprise software remains deeply embedded across the corporate landscape, underpinned by multi-year contracts and high switching costs that provide a significant buffer against near-term displacement.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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In the ensuing months Epstein becomes a liaison between the two, with Epstein proffering offerings of assistance to both parties while cultivating his friendship with Barrack.—
Daniel Ruetenik,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Sussman was evp of specials, music and live events at CBS Entertainment for more than two decades serving as the network’s chief liaison to the music industry.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bozeman was a former basketball standout at Morgan State, remembered by teammates and friends as a mentor and peacemaker.—
7News WJLA,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and a former president, said Trump is genuinely trying to end the war in Ukraine and wants to be remembered as a peacemaker.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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