middleman
Example Sentences
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Decades of sanctions have prevented Iran from acquiring modern aircraft or parts, forcing reliance on middlemen for maintenance.
This could happen when drug manufacturers give incentives to pharmacy-benefit managers—the middlemen between drug companies and insurance plans—to include the pricier drug in the formulary.
From Barron's
And middlemen who deal in goods from Asian factories aren’t always willing to disclose what it really costs to make a sofa or microwave oven.
They hold up as an example how credit-card companies may be disintermediated and see margins contract, but merchants and consumers would benefit by this process of eliminating the middleman, allowing economic activity to actually increase.
From MarketWatch
How often does a president have the opportunity to speak to the American people directly, without a middleman?
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