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negotiate

[ni-goh-shee-eyt] / nɪˈgoʊ ʃiˌeɪt /




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It was able to negotiate away some of them, but took a $2.2 billion inventory charge in a single quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Sources told BBC Sport that Atletico communicated privately to Alvarez and his advisors earlier this week that they will not negotiate with the Catalan club over a move for the Argentina international.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

If the market can safely negotiate this week’s three major clearing events, the S&P 500 benchmark should rally toward the 7,900 to 8,000 level, one closely followed strategist says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Icelanders are not being asked to decide just yet if they want to join the 27-member bloc -- only whether they want their government to negotiate possible terms, including on the highly sensitive fishing issue.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

I already know she won’t negotiate with Jack Kang.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

She tours major international defence shows, negotiates with arms manufacturers and takes part in discussions on Europe's rearmament.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Now, as Marriott negotiates new agreements with credit-card companies, owners are demanding a better deal, according to the owners’ letter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

The actors union’s new agreement with the trade group that negotiates with Hollywood unions on behalf of the major studios will reportedly improve AI protections and boost the guild’s pension fund.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

The European Commission - the bloc's executive arm that negotiates trade deals on behalf of EU member states, has also drawn criticism.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

He is behaving much as he does with his parents — he reasons, negotiates, and jokes with equal ease.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

“States now have a negotiated menu of age assurance, time limits, nighttime restrictions, parental controls, auditing, and monetary relief that they can put on the table,” Engstrom told me.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

In the U.K. settlement, China agreed to pay a negotiated amount to British bondholders.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

After the deadly crashes, Boeing negotiated a “deferred prosecution agreement” with the Justice Department, which meant that criminal fraud charges would be dropped if the company avoided more scandals and accidents for three years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Any cuts at Volkswagen have to be negotiated rather than imposed, setting the scene for protracted and difficult talks.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

While the government itself admitted the progress of the rebellion, the officers in Macondo had confidential reports of the imminence of a negotiated peace.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

As the legislative session nears its end, Newsom’s staff and lawmakers have been negotiating behind closed doors on a deal to limit utilities’ wildfire liabilities.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

His unpredictability complicates Prime Minister Mark Carney’s negotiating stance, but he also provides a useful foil, a kind of bad cop for which Carney can offer his more measured good cop approach.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

But Tehran could also find itself negotiating later with a weaker economy.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The president, Harry S. Truman, was negotiating with black leaders to integrate the armed forces.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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