How to Use renegotiate in a Sentence

renegotiate

verb
  • The deal is done. I won't renegotiate.
  • And that’s one more item on the list for the buyer to renegotiate the sale price.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Ducey and the tribes reached a deal to renegotiate the contracts in late 2016.
    — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The eighties and nineties were a time for Parton to renegotiate the place of craft in fame.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
  • In the meantime, China should not renegotiate deals with the U.S. at the last minute.
    — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 15 May 2019
  • As soon as the cofounders sat down, the bankers on the other side started to renegotiate the deal.
    — Gary Miller, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Gilmore is on the books to make a base salary of $7 million this season and would like to renegotiate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
  • Is this just a way to renegotiate the deal at a lower price?
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 June 2022
  • The two parties are renegotiating the terms and timing of the deal, Forescout said.
    — William Louch, WSJ, 18 May 2020
  • After the two sides tried and failed to renegotiate, Hunter Biden entered a not guilty plea.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 July 2023
  • The Swoiks renegotiated the deal and moved into their dream home this past April.
    — Jennifer Fisher, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
  • Trump promised over and over to pull out of Nafta and renegotiate a much better deal.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 11 May 2018
  • The city has been trying to renegotiate that shift schedule with the police union, but hasn’t struck a deal.
    — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2018
  • Whether or not that was a ploy to renegotiate a contract remains to be seen.
    — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • For the 12-team playoff to take place before then, the parties would have to renegotiate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2021
  • Consent must be at the centre of my work and that is something that is renegotiated all the time.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But the revenue losses have put pressure on him to renegotiate the terms of the loans, said Talley.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • His aim is to force Iran to renegotiate a deal more favorable to the U.S. and other nations that are still in the agreement.
    — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2019
  • During that period, either party may choose to close the deal, not close the deal, or renegotiate the terms of the deal.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Portune has said that if the deadline isn’t met, then the county and FC Cincinnati will have to renegotiate.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The White House alleges that Iran is violating the pact and wants to renegotiate it.
    — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
  • But owners were able to procure grants and loans to reopen, said Arabacıoğlu, and renegotiate their lease.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Switzerland and Italy are in the process of renegotiating their border, the BBC reports.
    — Mike Allen, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
  • So when an appraisal comes in below the contract price, the buyer has to make up the difference, renegotiate the price or let the deal fall through.
    — Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021
  • If the United States backs out, Ukraine would have to renegotiate the fund’s $5.4 billion program this year.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The plan sets up a bitter fight with the main auto workers union when GM comes to renegotiate a new four-year contract next year.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
  • All of these factors will likely have a role to play as the basin states renegotiate guidelines before 2026.
    — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • And renegotiating some of those rules to be more favorable is a good thing.
    — Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
  • And that date would appear to give a deadline for the Rams to either find a new team for Kupp, release him or renegotiate his contact.
    — Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
  • That deal has now expired, and the companies are renegotiating the terms of their agreement, the person said.
    — Kate Rooney, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025

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