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as in to arrange
to bring about through discussion and compromise
wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer
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as in to manage
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers
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as in to manipulate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls
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as in to deal
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate
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as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion
scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer
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Following the trials, Icelandic trade unions negotiated reductions in working hours for tens of thousands of their members across the country.
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Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Her own experience navigating the complexities of professional sports, from negotiating contracts to building a personal brand, positions her perfectly to lead this movement.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 24 Oct. 2024
The union has been on strike since July, after negotiating for more than a year and a half on a contract.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
Harris has attempted to play offense on health care, pointing to Trump’s opposition to Obamacare and the Biden administration’s success at expanding it and negotiating prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Her own experience navigating the complexities of professional sports, from negotiating contracts to building a personal brand, positions her perfectly to lead this movement.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 24 Oct. 2024
The union has been on strike since July, after negotiating for more than a year and a half on a contract.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
Harris has attempted to play offense on health care, pointing to Trump’s opposition to Obamacare and the Biden administration’s success at expanding it and negotiating prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them.Kris Holt, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Carve leg and thigh meat slices; arrange meat on platter.Jeanne Ambrose, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
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The vote will not only decide McConnell's successor, but potentially the next Senate majority leader if the GOP manages to regain control of the upper chamber from the Democrats at the November 5 elections.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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New Limited Partners to Join Phillies Ownership Group Phillies managing partner and chief executive officer John Middleton announced three new investors will be added to the team’s ownership group: Mitchell L. Morgan, Guntram J. Weissenberger Jr. and a third investor who wishes to remain anonymous.Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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While deepfakes can be hard to identify, several key warning signs can help spot content that might be manipulated.Matt Hocking, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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But who can possibly be manipulating this all behind the scenes?Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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Coach Sean McVay last week all but extinguished buzz that the Rams will deal star receiver Cooper Kupp — especially with the Rams on a two-game win streak and positioned to possibly win the wide-open NFC West.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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After the game, Yankees legend Derek Jeter questioned Boone’s decision to pull ace Gerrit Cole, who’d been dealing all night before the ball was taken out of his hands in the seventh.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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As with any emerging technology, organizations must execute their AI strategy crisply, with the right governance and guardrails.Clint Boulton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Israel used clandestine operations to assassinate key Iranian figures and execute cyberattacks on vital facilities as Iran continued activating its Arab proxy militias to attack the Jewish state.Mostafa Salem, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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However, doctors who have looked at the escape artist's medical records more recently concluded that the two events were unrelated.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Researchers also concluded that vitamin E may be a beneficial complementary treatment for MASLD.22 Liver Health & Supplement Claims Supplement brands sometimes include health and medical claims in their packaging or labels.Brittany Lubeck, MS, RDN, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Stenography Office isn't disputing the apostrophe that was added in by the White House press and communications team, rather how it was handled.Justin Gomez, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Arkansas State Police investigators are handling a probe into the man's death.Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Such sales have been on the decline since 2021, no doubt due to the rapid rise in interest rates engineered by the Fed.Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Apple has gone to great lengths to engineer a secure and private AI cloud platform, and this week’s release includes extensive detailed technical documentation of its security features as well as a research environment that is already available in the macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta release.Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Negotiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiate. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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