- present participle of negotiate.
negotiating
Example Sentences
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Speaking to journalists in the Oval Office, the president implied he was losing patience with Iranian tactics at the negotiating table.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Allen confirmed he is negotiating with lenders over substantial debt payments coming due in the next year, but said he is “highly confident they will get refinanced or extended.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
"We have neither abandoned the field nor the negotiating table," he posted on social media.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi, in an intervew with CNN published Sunday, described negotiating with Washington as "very cumbersome".
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
“We could have worked something out. You could have...I don’t know. You could have gone to the fence instead of me. You would have probably been good at that, negotiating, keeping it composed, cold. Distant.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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