- present participle of bargain.
bargaining
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United States District Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor agreed — you know her as a Supreme Court justice now — and ordered the old collective bargaining agreement reinstated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Given the scale of Walmart and Amazon, they not only have bargaining power over vendors but also big enough ad businesses to help subsidize price cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Apart from China, most Asian nations have little bargaining power against the U.S. when it comes to trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
In 1999, the 69-year-old great-grandmother helped obtain extra government benefits for workers who lost their jobs in a citrus freeze and stared across the contract bargaining table at lawyers for the giant Gallo wine company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Inside my head, though, I had a whole new activity: bargaining.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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