middleman
Example Sentences
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Then one day he did something that he, as a middleman, had never done before, he said: He went to Newark International Airport to pick up two of the couriers.
From Los Angeles Times
With Apple playing middleman between Goldman and JPMorgan on the price, a tentative agreement was struck that the portfolio would move at a roughly 7% discount on the outstanding Apple credit-card balances.
But the bloc’s ability to enforce the ban will be hampered by the network of storage terminals, middlemen and refineries that obscure the origin of fuel flowing into the continent.
The endeavor taught him the ropes of product distribution, and how to maximize profit by cutting out middlemen.
Standing amid an array of workstations, a volunteer explained how his team identified sympathetic individuals to buy medicine and food from Damascus, and middlemen who bribed supplies past government checkpoints into Sweida.
From Los Angeles Times
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