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dickered

verb

past tense of dicker

as in negotiated

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase they dickered over the price of the car for a few minutes

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The deal was negotiated by Bressack and Matthew Helderman, CEO and co-founder of BondIt and Buffalo 8.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
The women negotiated a lease and arranged to meet him at his home.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiated

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William Contreras was coming off an All-Star season when Atlanta dealt him to Milwaukee as part of a December 2022 three-team trade in which the Braves also acquired Sean Murphy from the Athletics.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Douglas said Cameron was addicted to cocaine and heroin, dealt methamphetamine and carried a Glock for protection.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Salary caps in the NFL, NBA and NHL, along with the luxury-tax system in MLB, are lawful because they’ve been collectively bargained.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
The Jefferson County Education Association bargained the provisions after Evergreen became the district's third school shooting, following Columbine High School in 1999 and Deer Creek Middle School in 2010.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of bargained

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Those definitions were haggled and pored over at the conventions, Tremper said, and are not set in stone, many of them changeable based on member feedback.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
But the two sides failed to bridge their remaining differences as negotiators haggled over the final details.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of haggled

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The two of them together, just 17 months apart, shared playlists, bickered over where to stop during Apple CarPlay calls, pulled up beside me and faded away with silly faces, encapsulating 20 years of my life in my rearview mirror.

— Robert Duffer, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
King bickered with fans on social media.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

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