Thesaurus results for NEGOTIATIONS

negotiations

noun

plural of negotiation

as in compromises

the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement it will take some negotiation, but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire

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Recent Examples of negotiations The man locked himself inside, leading to hours of negotiations from officers trying to persuade him to surrender, police said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 Those negotiations failed, and the federal government had to step in with its own. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 Iceland is headed toward rejecting a referendum that would have restarted negotiations to join the European Union more than a decade after previous talks died, the national broadcaster reported Sunday. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 The question put to the Nordic nation of nearly 400,000 was whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union. — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 The tenants union said North Lawn residents have also begun negotiations with new property owner, Shawn Johnson of Vital20 LLC and Rubicon Realty LLC. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 Get comfortable calculating it accurately, because a sloppy SDE calculation is one of the fastest ways to lose credibility with a serious buyer before negotiations even begin. — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Since negotiations stalled Friday, the US has imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 Bringing these works back, meanwhile, has often required years of distribution negotiations. — José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026

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compromises

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These outcomes compound slowly across hundreds of subtle leadership choices, misaligned incentive structures and systemic compromises over long periods.

— Natalie Grabher, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Despite Bonta’s assertion Wednesday that the states made no compromises, the agreement drops a key demand that children be barred from using Facebook and Instagram at school.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

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