negotiation
noun
ne·go·ti·a·tion
ni-ˌgō-shē-ˈā-shən 
nonstandard
-sē-
: the action or process of negotiating or being negotiated
—often used in plural
Negotiations between the two governments have failed to produce an agreement.
Examples of negotiation in a Sentence
We need a negotiation between the townspeople and mayor over the site of the new library.
She is skilled at negotiation.
The college president was against any negotiation with the students.
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But even in those negotiations, the Ukrainians felt that the Russians were not being serious and hadn’t sent high-level people.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
Hamas and Fatah agreed to similar terms in 2017, but negotiations again soon unraveled.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
If there are to be negotiations, there has to be credible deterrence.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
So that’s all going to go ahead anyway, while these other negotiations on actually having a ceasefire are going on, presumably in parallel.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
Hamas and Fatah agreed to similar terms in 2017, but negotiations again soon unraveled.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
If there are to be negotiations, there has to be credible deterrence.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
So that’s all going to go ahead anyway, while these other negotiations on actually having a ceasefire are going on, presumably in parallel.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for negotiation
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“Negotiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negotiation. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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