MEDIATING Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

mediating

verb

present participle of mediate

as in intervening

to act as a go-between for opposing sides their middle child is often asked to mediate between the oldest and the youngest

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Recent Examples of mediating Pakistan has played a key mediating role between Washington and Tehran since the start of the recent hostilities, hosting peace negotiations in Islamabad and helping to broker a temporary ceasefire. — Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 But behind the scenes, their departments engaged in sometimes acrimonious battle, and Overton was in the center, mediating the back-and-forth. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 The two sides pulled back the following week, each sending delegations to Qatar, which had played a key role in mediating the agreement. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 Our role is limited to mediating the negotiations and ICRC leads on the implementation of the release operation. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 Advertisement Cohen has found the same thing during three decades of mediating workplace disputes and other high-conflict situations. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 July 2026 Mode three is the agent mediating the purchase with human approval at the end. — Firdosh Tangri, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Consultations on this matter will continue through mediating countries. — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 29 June 2026 In response to a request for comment on its role, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred the AP to previous public statements and said Pakistan will continue mediating. — E. Eduardo Castillo, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

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But the recording itself — which happened in eerie circumstances and nearly destroyed one of the trumpets — also underlines how our handling of antiquities has evolved dramatically in the intervening decades.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
The impasse was broken only when Emperor Hirohito took the extraordinary step of personally intervening in the political decision-making process—a move virtually unprecedented in modern Japanese history—to demand Japan at last accept surrender.

— James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

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