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
And if the Republicans are willing to come to the table and be an honest broker, then yeah, because a government shutdown at the end of the day doesn't benefit anybody except President Trump.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
No matter how much Lukashenko may have wanted to seem like an honest broker, the sum of his messaging to all of Trump’s envoys, and to me, amounted to a lot of hype about the dangers of playing tough with Putin.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Their principled positions on the U.S.-Israeli strikes lend credibility to their roles as honest brokers.
—Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 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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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
No matter how much Lukashenko may have wanted to seem like an honest broker, the sum of his messaging to all of Trump’s envoys, and to me, amounted to a lot of hype about the dangers of playing tough with Putin.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Their principled positions on the U.S.-Israeli strikes lend credibility to their roles as honest brokers.
—Hasan T. Alhasan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 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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Pakistani army chief Asim Munir, a key mediator, left Tehran late Saturday after several days of talks with Iranian officials.—
Samy Magdy,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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Pakistani army chief Asim Munir, a key mediator, left Tehran late Saturday after more talks with Iranian officials.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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Much of this sits in federal databases, discharge paperwork, and public-facing records that data brokers have learned to scrape, package, and resell.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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Part of our responsibility as brokers is to absorb some of that emotion and interpret information in a way that keeps negotiations productive.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
23 May 2026
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Arnold Sotelo is a Peruvian entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of International Media Group (IMG), and a digital expert and negotiator.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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My mom was a tough negotiator and realized absolutely everything is negotiable in life.—
Catherine Pearson,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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In the post, Givenchy tapped brand ambassador Fan Chengcheng for an editorial featuring the breakfast items.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
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In February, the Dreamers were the presenting sponsor of the Governor’s Baseball Dinner in West Palm Beach, where the group’s ambassador, Hall-of-Fame shortstop Barry Larkin, spoke to DeSantis about hopes to bring pro ball to Orlando.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Without those intermediaries, creatives need to create their own stages.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Official data showed a steep drop in imports from China, but Keynes and Bown argue the trade largely rerouted through Vietnam, Mexico, and other intermediaries, with some companies simply underreporting values on customs forms.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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Abroad, Putin focused on forming a moat of buffer countries, a gray zone between the East and the West.—
Anna Nemtsova,
Time,
23 May 2026
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In normal times, money really can provide some buffer against the whims of the world.—
Hannah Seligson,
Vanity Fair,
23 May 2026
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Nobi Kuga, who used to work for the Yomiuri Giants as their North American liaison and coordinator, is a close friend of Sugano’s uncle and Sugano’s parents.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
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The equity initiative, which was launched as a pilot in 2021 and later expanded, pays ambassadors $6,000 per year to serve as a liaison between the city and their respective communities.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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At their best, judges are peacemakers.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Pastors and priests have a reputation for being peacemakers, but several people in the book actually say that Pope Leo is not averse to a fight.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Honest broker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honest%20broker. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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