cut a deal

Example Sentences

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All three were released in 2021 after Meng cut a deal with US prosecutors.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

While David Guetta DJ’d, the Blue Owl executives cut a deal to acquire IPI Partners, an investment firm that owned and operated big data-centers for Amazon and Microsoft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

President Donald Trump signaled a willingness to cut a deal with Democrats on a key issue affecting the government funding impasse.

From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025

Neither do I, though the business-minded decision would be to cut a deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

The feds cut a deal with Morrison: in return for getting his arrest warrant for assault quashed, he would work as an informant on the Osage murder cases.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann