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broker

[broh-ker] / ˈbroʊ kər /


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Robinson agreed to buy truck broker RXO for more than $5 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create one of the largest U.S. logistics firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

When Dylan Wagner bought his first home in Naperville, Ill., in 2022, a mortgage broker suggested he apply for an ARM instead of a fixed-rate loan because it would make his monthly payments more affordable.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

But after golf influencer Dave Fink revealed evidence of the broker network to his viewers, the problem became public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He says staff have been advised to sign up to a service called DeleteMe, which helps remove personal information from data broker websites - a response he feels is inadequate.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He'd helped to broker the Paris Agreement on climate change, brought tens of thousands of troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and led the effort to effectively shut down Iran's nuclear program.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Simon Andriesz, a former senior employee of BGC Partners - the international firm of financial brokers founded and run by Lutnick before his appointment by US President Donald Trump - died last month in Thailand.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

This would ensure that any advice would be free from conflicts of interest by commission-driven brokers or advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that prohibits third-party brokers from advertising, selling or transferring tee-time reservations at publicly owned golf courses without the written consent of the course operator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Microcap stocks prone to pump-and-dump trading used to be promoted by boiler-room brokers over the telephone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Their source for the sort of information that never gets broadcast or written down: rumors, the behavior of the sell-side brokers, the patterns on the screens.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Later in 1979, a truce between Packer and the board was brokered, and Nine earned TV rights to the game in Australia.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The creation of the editorial board was a compromise brokered among the coalition of state attorneys general.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

During the Covid pandemic, he brokered a partnership between federal researchers and more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies that helped produce effective vaccines in less than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Another advantage is that the interest earned is not automatically swept into a settlement account, as it is with some brokered CDs available.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

The two composers did meet once, an encounter brokered by the kindly Antonio Salieri, and we have it word for word since Beethoven, being deaf, had to have the conversation written down.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The Times previously reported the prevalence of tee-time brokering, in which scores of local golfers shared frustrations over their inability to secure a tee time on public courses in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Jesus was not brokering a deal between two powers.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

RXO is a large third-party logistics firm, or 3PL, brokering truck transportation, freight forwarding, and last-mile delivery for customers in an asset-light business model.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Pakistan’s prominent role in brokering a two-week cease-fire between the U.S. and Israel and Iran places it in an unusual position: on the front line of international diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

“But I have access to Madoc. I have access to Balekin. I’m our best shot at brokering a deal.”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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