as in honest broker
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
respected around the world, the secretary-general of the United Nations was asked to be the interceder in several international disputes
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Senate Republicans expressed doubt Wednesday that Russia would back the ceasefire and warned that Putin was not an honest broker.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2025 -
Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker Last year’s fires destroyed twice the amount of land burned during the previous record year of 1989.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 July 2024
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But Beijing has since attempted to revive stalled or canceled bilateral projects while supporting reconciliation efforts and positioning itself as a neutral mediator.—
Tharaphi Than,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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And that then triggers these cells, called the mast cells, to release all these inflammatory mediators, like histamine and other kinds of mediators, like nutrients, which can have kind of profound effects.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Such contract discussions often take until the last minute to get hammered out, but one detail about the hospitals spooked a North Texas health insurance broker who requested his name not be used out of job security concerns.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2025
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Real estate broker Ellen Sykes reiterates that prospective buyers are not very good at imagining a home looking different than what’s presented.—
Terri Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Finally, in order to account for unknowns, ensure the dev team's estimates include at least a 50% buffer that is transparently separated from baseline task estimates.—
Hirohisa Yamada,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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This also required on-board buffers to store the intermediate results.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
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Senate confirms Matt Whitaker as Trump's ambassador to NATO.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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Booker’s speech came in the midst of a vote to confirm Matthew Whitaker as the U.S. ambassador to NATO.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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But a senior Iranian official said any negotiations would be indirect, with Oman acting as intermediary.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Apprenticeship intermediaries can be public, non-profit, or for-profit organizations and can work locally, regionally, statewide, or nationally.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The criminal division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section will continue to play a supporting role by providing guidance and training to Justice Department personnel and acting as a liaison to the digital asset industry.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appoints his brother to the position of Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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Norris kept out of the wall and made it into the pits for intermediates, but Piastri got stuck in the grass at the final chicane and tumbled out of the points as a result.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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That rain saw both Norris and his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri slide off the circuit, but Norris was able to regain control of his car and immediately duck into the pits to swap his slicks for intermediates.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Interceder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interceder. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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