interlocutor
Example Sentences
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After stalling for weeks, the DEA arranged for the Colombian posing as an ELN interlocutor to meet Kassis in Kenya to inspect the weapons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
After a report in Israeli media said he was the interlocutor of the US, he posted on X that "no negotiations have been held with the US" and denounced "fakenews".
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
These lines inspired his interlocutor, at the start of a Q&A period, to note “the collective sigh of relief throughout this hall” during the secretary’s “message of reassurance and partnership.”
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026
Prior to his arrest he was described as an "interlocutor" working with the Loyalist Communities Council on transforming the UVF into a peaceful organisation.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.