How to Use negotiation in a Sentence

negotiation

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  • We need a negotiation between the townspeople and mayor over the site of the new library.
  • The college president was against any negotiation with the students.
  • The negotiations are in such despair that the two sides cannot even agree on the basic state of play.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s what all this means for the next few months of budget negotiations.
    — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Every union in town came out in support of the WGA, both during negotiations and after the start of the strike.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 June 2023
  • The issue could come up again during the next round of negotiations.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The details of the negotiation haven't yet been released.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The deal took seven years and thousands of hours of hearings and negotiations to reach.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • He has been largely shut out of any negotiations with the teams since the veto override.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The state of those extension negotiations has been hard to pin down.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2023
  • The union plans to build on the formula in future negotiations.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Monday, Leclerc again spoke about the country’s price negotiations, the deadline of which is the end of January.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Marks said Bridges was not made aware of their plans until negotiations were just about complete.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
  • Often the threat of a walkout is enough for negotiations to begin.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The Bengals and Burrow are keeping a tight lid on the status of their contract negotiations.
    — The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
  • The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders joined the indirect negotiations since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
    — Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Sources familiar with negotiations say the movie hasn’t been screened yet.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • This breakdown isn’t the end, but does offer some signals about how more substantive negotiations could go in the weeks ahead.
    — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
  • His visit came as negotiations for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza appear to have stalled.
    — Abby Sewell, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Battery plants are a major point of contention in the negotiations.
    — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Money is a sticking point in climate-change negotiations around the world.
    — Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 23 June 2023
  • Full withdrawal is a step that is supposed to be part of negotiations.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • Even in this digital age, the most important negotiations are still done face-to-face.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • All these contracts are in a mature state of negotiations.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In contract negotiations, the employer has offered a raise to $17.75 an hour, but the union is seeking a higher figure.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Both sides declined to comment on details of the negotiation.
    — Laura Curtis, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
  • Lease negotiations are not part of legislating for the city.
    — Hau Chu, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Sall has been most recently engaged in peace negotiations with the African Union on the Russia-Ukraine war, according to his office.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 7 June 2023
  • After months of negotiations, Caggiano’s administration and Wheeler put forward a revised plan that moved the project to another part of the former mall property.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
  • Januvia is one of 10 drugs targeted in ongoing Medicare drug price negotiations, a policy that aims to make costly medications more affordable for seniors.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 July 2024

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