1
as in to arrange
to bring about through discussion and compromise
wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer
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2
as in to manage
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers
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3
as in to manipulate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls
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as in to deal
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate
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as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion
scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer
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Recent Examples of negotiate
And for executives who spend much of their careers persuading, negotiating, and making rapid decisions, that decline translates into a liability.
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Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Pascua Yaqui Vice Chairman Peter Yucupicio, who was chairman when the original project was negotiated, said the project reflected the blessing of water and life.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Trump urged them to negotiate a ceasefire or else trade deals with the governments would stall.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Unlike India, Islamabad has credited Trump with negotiating the cease-fire in Kashmir, and praised him for it.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Pascua Yaqui Vice Chairman Peter Yucupicio, who was chairman when the original project was negotiated, said the project reflected the blessing of water and life.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Trump urged them to negotiate a ceasefire or else trade deals with the governments would stall.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Unlike India, Islamabad has credited Trump with negotiating the cease-fire in Kashmir, and praised him for it.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiate
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That could delay clarity on how Sullivan will arrange his D pairs.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
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That’s the 20th century approach, before everybody had a mobile app that can arrange rides, give instructions and track locations.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Local police sought to have an alert sent out the Friday before they were found dead, but the agency that manages the program in Washington state declined to do so.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Gold Reserve exists today to manage legal claims, and not to operate mines or refineries.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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In this approach, quantum information is encoded in various properties of photons, and computation is performed by manipulating these photonic states using optical components.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Deliveroo saw its shares plunge 30% in 2021 on the day of its initial public offering, dealing a significant blow to London's ambitions to compete with New York for more high-profile tech listings.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Svanson’s good work in those lower-leverage outings gave the Cardinals confidence to deal away bullpen pieces at the trading deadline – including star closer Ryan Helsley.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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This opens a door for attackers to destabilize the browser or system its running on, to execute their own code.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Most of them are going to come down to track position, pit strategy, executing on pit road.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Michigan Court of Appeals concluded that the MPSC appropriately examined the location of the Line 5 replacement segment within the Great Lakes Tunnel, consistent with Michigan law.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This week, a UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.—
Mandalit del Barco,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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The most visible are those in customer service and support, with AI agents now handling millions of customer interactions once handled by live agents over chat, email and even phone.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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There’s also some discussion of how to handle characters with alternate forms, such as Bruce Banner and the Incredible Hulk.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Now, in a world engineered for infinite choice, commitment feels like a risk, and discomfort feels like failure.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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On the upside, Dell’s cooling system seems well-engineered.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Negotiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiate. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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