Thesaurus results for MIDDLEMAN

middleman

noun

ˈmi-dᵊl-ˌman

as in intermediary

one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement the retired statesman is often asked to be a middleman in international disputes

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Recent Examples of middleman The bill also drew opposition from the Florida Retail Federation, which represents pharmacies, and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which represents pharmacy benefit managers, which act as sort of middlemen with insurers, pharmacies and drug companies. —

News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026 Utilities are increasingly reluctant to arrange grid connection deals with middlemen like real estate firms, preferring to deal directly with the tech companies. —

Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026 The House and Senate are close to a bipartisan deal on a health care package that includes reforms to drug middlemen business practices and hospital billing, according to five people following the deliberations. —

John Wilkerson, STAT, 19 Jan. 2026 The crime seemed audacious even for him, and the story was hard to follow, full of unreliable middlemen and documents of uncertain authenticity. —

Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middleman

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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
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