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mediate

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


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It called for the governor’s Office of Tribal Affairs to mediate any disputes between tribes and state water agencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi called at the UN Saturday for "self-restraint" from all sides in the Middle East war, while stressing that Muscat was ready to mediate.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Two years to the day of my arrest, I was in Qatar, talking to officials involved in helping mediate my release while dining on stuffed pigeons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

After our parents refused to intervene—“Your car, your solution,” they said—I asked Auntie Buzz to mediate.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

The hope is to become a "big fish" who mediates between the grunts and those with cash, maybe even entering polite society.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The study, "Karyoptosis mediates cell death and neurodegeneration upon proteotoxic stress," was published in Nature Communications.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 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

Everywhere the divine ultimate Power mediates itself through the earthly elements and forces, speaks through small, childish things, incarnates itself in lover, wife, or friend—flashing its mystic fire through the web of human relations.

From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward

“There’s a great energy that comes from being in a room with people. I think it’s a different energy than anything else, particularly true and truer every day in the increasingly screen-based and mediated world.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

The study, "Imaging and mechanism of DNA-DNA recognition mediated by divalent ions," was published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 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

On Friday, the US also mediated the signing of a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon aimed at paving the way to a lasting peace.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Statistically, part of that ultimate effect of history proves to be mediated by the familiar proximate causes of good institutions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Officials in mediating countries said Iran’s rejection incensed them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

But officials in mediating countries said they were incensed by Tehran’s rejection of the Oman plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has also been mediating the conflict, held a call with Qatar's emir on Friday to discuss the recent escalation, Sharif's office said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Qatar has played a key role alongside Pakistan in mediating a conclusion to the conflict, with the most recent discussions between Tehran and Washington taking place on June 21 with all four countries in attendance.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Hence there must be other mediating proximate mechanisms as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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