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middleman

[mid-l-man] / ˈmɪd lˌmæn /


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Moffett said that, in the old days, television channels didn’t have to worry about irking customers with rising costs, because that relationship was handled by a middleman — the cable companies.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

I’ve worked with people where they had to have that middleman for a little bit until they felt comfortable.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

In June 2022, Nourafchan got confidential information from Goodwin’s systems about Amazon’s plan to acquire iRobot and shared it with his Florida middleman, according to court papers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"But we found that there was an unexpected middleman in that conversation, astrocytes."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

On one occasion, Borgenicht realized that his only chance to undercut bigger firms was to convince the wholesalers to sell cloth to him directly, eliminating the middleman.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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