Thesaurus results for MIDDLEMEN

middlemen

noun

plural of middleman

as in intermediaries

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 middlemen Cuban has spent years building Cost Plus Drugs around the argument that the system is rigged by middlemen, and TrumpRx, whatever its flaws, just put his company’s prices in front of 10 million site visitors and counting. —

Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 May 2026 On top of that, those making money on clips tend to be the middlemen clippers, rather than the original creators. —

Bobby Allyn, NPR, 12 May 2026 The South Florida men indicted in the case played roles as investors or middlemen who received insider tips, according to court records. —

Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026 In the end, Walmart’s system wasn’t broken; it was fractured by too many middlemen and too little accountability. —

Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 By eliminating middlemen from the process, the brand brings these innovative products directly to consumers in a highly beneficial way. —

William Jones, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 The Seafood Market's fishermen deliver their morning catch directly to the kitchen, no middlemen, no frozen Pacific sole flown from Vietnam. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026 Mark Cuban has left Shark Tank, sold the Dallas Mavericks, and poured more than $100 million into his prescription-drug startup, which is taking on pharmacy middlemen. —

Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026 PBMs are middlemen that negotiate drug prices between manufacturers, insurers and pharmacies, but these middlemen have been taken over by corporate giants. —

Hendrell Remus, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026

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Employee equity compensation transactions and accounts managed by advisors or intermediaries through Fidelity Clearing & Custody Solutions® are subject to different commission schedules.

— Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 13 May 2026
And so the degree to which that changes, the degree to which gas prices continue to fluctuate, and whether or not the administration can come to more agreement with Iranian officials and the intermediaries there in the Middle East, all of those factors are going to be important to watch.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 May 2026