- present participle of negotiate.
negotiating
Example Sentences
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The 22-year-old is recovering from a broken metatarsal, which Palace were aware of when negotiating the deal, but the injury is understood to be worse than the Eagles originally believed.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration are now negotiating a last-minute bill that could change the spending plan and help protect Tier 3 programs when revenue falls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It’s a comes-in and goes-out type of situation,” Keeler, who is active in her local teacher’s union, which involves negotiating for raises and better working conditions, said of her income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Last time you wrote about this, the U.S. and Canada were negotiating new trade terms.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
When the strait was at last flooded around 10,000 years ago, Tasmanians and mainland Australians became cut off from each other because neither group possessed watercraft capable of negotiating Bass Strait.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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