How to Use liaise in a Sentence

liaise

verb
Definition of liaisenext
  • One of the first things the MTA did was launch a new unit to help liaise with their families.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The company used their contacts on the ground to liaise with the hotels and guides their clients were using.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Davidson formed the Men of Leimert neighborhood watch group in November to liaise between his neighbors and the police.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2020
  • The 206 national Olympic bodies have been urged by the IOC to liaise with their governments about the place of sports in vaccination programs.
    — Graham Dunbar, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • If a flight gets delayed or canceled, specialists can also liaise with the cruise line and work to rebook you if there's a risk of missing your sailing.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The club has been liaising with the emergency services since the incident occurred and will continue to do so.
    — SI.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The ministry added that an expert physician has been sent to liaise with Japanese health officials.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2020
  • There is no substitute for the forward presence of U.S. forces, who are able to assess conditions on the ground, liaise with friends and neutrals, and deter bad actors of all sorts.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Hebert’s teammate, Kevin Koe, works full time as a surface landman for an oil and gas company, liaising with landowners and farmers.
    — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Hamilton was the key staffer liaising with the Hill and the White House on implementing the President's immigration agenda.
    — Tal Kopan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2017
  • About two years ago, Whole Foods started to develop a system under which larger suppliers would only have to liaise with the global team in Austin.
    — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Iswanto Hartono moved to Kassel with their families in 2020 to liaise with Documenta’s staff and lay the groundwork for the exhibition.
    — New York Times, 9 June 2022
  • Our priority and focus right now is to update our audiences and liaise with our artists as well as our festival partners and venues.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Courtney Storer’s role is to liaise with every department, from teaching actors how to cook to giving the writers her journals.
    — Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Others liaise with experts, or document strikes to blast out on Twitter and Instagram.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2019
  • In 2019, the R.S.S. formed a media unit in Mumbai, ostensibly to liaise not just with the film industry but also with journalists, the music business, and other trades.
    — Samanth Subramanian, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The council promoted social justice and philanthropic work, and liaised with South African students who opposed apartheid.
    — Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The butler was able to liaise with the shore excursion team to make that happen, and then got the ship’s carpenter to create a custom wooden case for the golf clubs with a commemorative placard to present as a gift from the captain.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 July 2023
  • Often, assistants or travel agents are liaising for VIPs, leaving their identities a secret and sometimes giving just a few days of lead time.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Council members will liaise with Google management, and be headquartered in Dublin, documents show.
    — Benoit Berthelot, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Khaled Tawfik, who steps into the role on April 18, said one of the main reasons he was attracted to San Jose was its location in the nation’s largest tech hub and the possibilities to liaise with tech companies on government projects.
    — Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Again, Ngonmo is tackling representation and helping to liaise between people of color who are studied and experts in their field with the top businesses.
    — Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Berlin also liaised with the European Commission, the EU’s executive body.
    — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 17 June 2018
  • In a statement, the Hawks said the club had commissioned external First Nations consultants to liaise with current and former Indigenous players and staff to learn more about their experience.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The committee will also start liaising with Venezuela’s other large creditors, including China and Russia, the person said.
    — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Producers like Moore liaise between studio chiefs who do not have time to focus on the granular decisions that go into movie making, and department heads who make even more granular calls for each film.
    — Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Numerous women’s rights activists, both men and women alike, weave in and out of the story, not only to assist in Kiran’s court case, but to educate and liaise with the villagers in order to begin rooting out their culture of victim blaming.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Self-charging hybrids use batteries which liaise with the ICE engine to maximize its efficiency.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Because of state laws, Underwood’s office does not have the authority to unanimously call a grand jury, but must rather liaise with district attorneys at the local level.
    — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 24 Oct. 2018
  • What used to be the living room has been converted to a busy office area where the staff assiduously edits and shares their programs online while liaising with interlocutors inside Syria.
    — Elliot Hannon, Slate Magazine, 11 Dec. 2017

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