mediated

past tense of mediate

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Recent Examples of mediated Researchers surveyed 300 staff members and found that all four toxic workplace dimensions had a direct negative impact on productivity, and job burnout further mediated this relationship. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 This summer alone, Acclivus mediated nearly 600 conflicts across 21 sites and large community events, according to Katrina Waddy, public education director for the organization. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 Sigrid Nunez’s The Vulnerables and Deborah Levy’s August Blue both failed to understand how class mediated their characters’ basically unwounded experiences of Covid. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Trump also mediated a ceasefire between Iran and Israel in their 12-Day War earlier this summer, and has been pursuing a peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine war. Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025 This association was partially mediated by differences in body weight throughout childhood, with childhood obesity linked to early pubertal onset. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 Instead, the need to consume salt is mediated by taste and the brain’s reward pathways. Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025 The United Arab Emirates has also mediated between Russia and Ukraine for prisoner swaps. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 8 Aug. 2025 At the same time, the Supreme Court said in a 2019 decision that disputes over partisan gerrymandering should not be mediated by federal judges. Rachael Dziaba, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediated
Verb
  • Utah was just days away from conducting a firing squad execution this month before the Utah Supreme Court intervened.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Six months later, fate intervened.
    Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Another El Grande interfered, and El Grande Americano locked Dragon Lee in a submission for the win.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But the coach allegedly interfered in that meeting too.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Mediated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediated. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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