mediate
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This week, Quentin Fottrell — The Moneyist — attempted to mediate a dispute between a married couple, over how to allocate their cash: Should they pay down debt, or invest?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
It called for the governor’s Office of Tribal Affairs to mediate any disputes between tribes and state water agencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The gut microbiota may also help mediate these effects.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Others let their bots script their text messages and even mediate their dating lives as a digital Cyrano de Bergerac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The historian has to mediate between the past and the present, finding a language which will convey to present readers the beliefs and convictions of people who thought quite differently.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Beijing works closely with regional actors such as Egypt, which mediates between Israel and Palestinian groups, Liu added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 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
"Understanding how olfaction mediates our relationships with the natural world and the benefits we receive from it are multi-disciplinary undertakings," said Bratman.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
He mediates grace to us, and through faith in Christ we are linked to God as the “God of all grace.”
From The Prayers of St. Paul by W. H. Griffith (William Henry Griffith) Thomas
In the past, the US mediated disputes between the two countries.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“There’s a great energy that comes from being in a room with people. I think it’s a different energy than anything else, particularly true and truer every day in the increasingly screen-based and mediated world.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
The SEC has long mediated shareholder proposals, weighing in on whether they should be voted on at corporate annual meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The study, "Imaging and mechanism of DNA-DNA recognition mediated by divalent ions," was published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
There’s hardly an activity, a belief, or even an emotion that is not mediated by objects of our own devising.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Kuwait recently signed a new defense pact with Pakistan, which has played a mediating role in seeking to halt the U.S.-Iran conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Officials in mediating countries said Iran’s rejection incensed them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Pakistan, which has been mediating a resolution to the Middle East war, condemned the drone attacks, saying they "pose a grave threat to peace and stability" in the Middle East.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Pakistani military leader Syed Asim Munir has played a key role in mediating between Iran and the US following an initial round of direct negotiations in Islamabad.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 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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