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mediate

[mee-dee-ayt, mee-dee-it] / ˈmi diˌeɪt, ˈmi di ɪt /


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She said that "you can't mediate with someone who asks you to go into a meeting with preconditions".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Gryffindor and Slytherin maintain a traditional rivalry, the Ravenclaw nerds out about magical history and the Hufflepuff attempts to mediate them all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

That result provided additional evidence that the receptor helps mediate at least some of coffee's biological effects.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

The investor team found the stubbornly analog machines appealing: At a time when people mediate so many experiences through glowing screens, Tower Optical’s viewers offered something increasingly rare: stillness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Usually High Blade Xenocrates did nothing but mediate and postpone discussions for a later date.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Beijing works closely with regional actors such as Egypt, which mediates between Israel and Palestinian groups, Liu added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Geneva-based body that mediates trade disputes Friday said its Trade Barometer fell to 101.7 in June from 102.3 in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

One way to escape this game of chicken is when a third party mediates, offering both sides an off-ramp.

From BBC ● May 1, 2025

As journalist Franklin Foer elaborates in his acclaimed book on Biden’s presidency, The Last Politician, politics for Biden is the “means by which a society mediates its difference of opinion, allowing for peaceful coexistence.”

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2024

The practical ego mediates between the theoretical and the absolute ego.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

The SEC has long mediated shareholder proposals, weighing in on whether they should be voted on at corporate annual meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

M and the writer move through highly mediated spaces that amplify certain features and downgrade others, a kind of edited, hyperreal landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

During the fourth decade of warming, they observed that stable portions of soil organic matter, once believed to resist warming mediated decomposition, also began to break down.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

We’re seeing the first celebrity wedding that’s mediated almost entirely through misinformation.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Most of my communications were mediated by Melissa, who was now my deputy chief of staff and knew the contours of my life better than anyone.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Tehran has discussed its proposal to charge service fees in talks with China and Egypt, Iranian and mediating officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

"The mediating parties will continue to do their utmost to ensure that the negotiations continue to be conducted in a constructive atmosphere with the aim of reaching a final deal," the statement said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Countries that have been mediating the talks didn’t confirm Trump’s optimism in their formal comments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"China is meeting leaders from around the world, coordinating positions and playing a mediating role," Lim Eul-chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea's Kyungnam University, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Right after the war, the Jews’ Haganah mediating body stepped up the longtime negotiations with the British.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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