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mediate

[mee-dee-eyt, mee-dee-it] / ˈmi diˌeɪt, ˈmi di ɪt /


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She said that "you can't mediate with someone who asks you to go into a meeting with preconditions".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The Gryffindor and Slytherin maintain a traditional rivalry, the Ravenclaw nerds out about magical history and the Hufflepuff attempts to mediate them all.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Oman is a key US ally which has tried to mediate the Middle East war and has itself come under attack from Tehran.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

"We are now certain that grapes act as a superfood and mediate a nutrigenomic response in humans," said John Pezzuto, Ph.D.,

From Science Daily May 18, 2026

Usually High Blade Xenocrates did nothing but mediate and postpone discussions for a later date.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The hope is to become a "big fish" who mediates between the grunts and those with cash, maybe even entering polite society.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

The Geneva-based body that mediates trade disputes Friday said its Trade Barometer fell to 101.7 in June from 102.3 in January.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

One way to escape this game of chicken is when a third party mediates, offering both sides an off-ramp.

From BBC May 1, 2025

As journalist Franklin Foer elaborates in his acclaimed book on Biden’s presidency, The Last Politician, politics for Biden is the “means by which a society mediates its difference of opinion, allowing for peaceful coexistence.”

From Salon Feb. 18, 2024

For the idolater does not deny the existence of God; he merely makes the mistake of supposing that the image of his own construction resembles a being which mediates between him and God.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik

M and the writer move through highly mediated spaces that amplify certain features and downgrade others, a kind of edited, hyperreal landscape.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

During the fourth decade of warming, they observed that stable portions of soil organic matter, once believed to resist warming mediated decomposition, also began to break down.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

We’re seeing the first celebrity wedding that’s mediated almost entirely through misinformation.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Vance spoke to reporters from the Swiss alpine resort of Bürgenstock as he was about to fly back to the U.S. after weekend talks mediated by Qatar and Pakistan ran into Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Our eating habits are mediated by a mind-boggling collection of such items, from spoons and glasses to genetic engineering labs and gigantic ocean-going ships.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Officials in mediating countries said Iran’s rejection incensed them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

But officials in mediating countries said they were incensed by Tehran’s rejection of the Oman plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Among the international guests was Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country has been mediating between Iran and the US, and who attended alongside the powerful Pakistani army chief Asim Munir.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Both sides also agreed to the creation of a "de-confliction cell" between the US, Iran and Lebanon, facilitated by the mediating countries, to end military operations in Lebanon, their statement said.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Hence there must be other mediating proximate mechanisms as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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