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mediate

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


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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

Others let their bots script their text messages and even mediate their dating lives as a digital Cyrano de Bergerac.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 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

Oman is a key US ally which has tried to mediate the Middle East war and has itself come under attack from Tehran.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

With Jamie’s help, I learned different breathing exercises and ways to use guided imagery to help prevent and mediate my anxiety.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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 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

Rightly acquired and used it alleviates and mediates, but gathered and amassed for itself only it is but a mountain of shining ore, valueless and unsatisfying to its possessor.

From Allegories of Life by Adams, J. S., Mrs.

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

Vance spoke to reporters from the Swiss alpine resort of Bürgenstock as he was about to fly back to the U.S. after weekend talks mediated by Qatar and Pakistan ran into Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Muscat served as the back channel for talks between the United States and Iran in the lead-up to the 2015 nuclear deal and mediated several rounds of talks during Trump's second term.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

There’s hardly an activity, a belief, or even an emotion that is not mediated by objects of our own devising.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Pakistan, which has been mediating a resolution to the Middle East war, condemned the drone attacks, saying they "pose a grave threat to peace and stability" in the Middle East.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Aside from the Qatari delegation visiting Iran, Qatar's emir on Friday held a call with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, which has also been mediating, according to Sharif's office.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

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

I was not opposing the authorities but mediating between my own people and the men I had so long fought against.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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