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as in messenger
one that carries a message or does an errand
I won't act as go-between between you and your ex
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as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
acted as go-between for the two warring nations during the peace process
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Recent Examples of go-between
Stuck In The Middle In this way, healthcare’s most entrenched middlemen are unlike the disruptive go-betweens of other industries.
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Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The service is expected to start within the next few months and will also help Wing expand its drone delivery services to merchants located in areas where space is limited and who don’t want to hire extra staff to act as go-betweens.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 1 Oct. 2024
If analog is your preferred plug-in option then a portable Digital-to-Analog Converter – or DAC – is designed to serve as the sound-enhancing go-between that your ears deserve.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
That plot, with a fee of $300,000, was also monitored by the FBI, which captured weeks of communication between a go-between and an increasingly impatient handler in Tehran.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
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Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The service is expected to start within the next few months and will also help Wing expand its drone delivery services to merchants located in areas where space is limited and who don’t want to hire extra staff to act as go-betweens.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 1 Oct. 2024
If analog is your preferred plug-in option then a portable Digital-to-Analog Converter – or DAC – is designed to serve as the sound-enhancing go-between that your ears deserve.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024
That plot, with a fee of $300,000, was also monitored by the FBI, which captured weeks of communication between a go-between and an increasingly impatient handler in Tehran.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
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Named after the swift messenger god, Mercury rules communication, thought processes, technology and travel.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Importantly, this includes your phone dialer and messenger, the very two apps the FBI and CISA have pointed out should be encrypted if at all possible.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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State of play: A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Saturday for talks with Egyptian mediators about the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal.Barak Ravid, Axios, 30 Nov. 2024
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Related article The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in 4 maps and charts Qatar, a key mediator in previous Gaza ceasefire negotiations, stepped back from its role this month and shut Hamas’ political office in the capital Doha after concluding that the two sides are no longer negotiating in good faith.Mostafa Salem, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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Over the past year, these criminal groups allegedly smuggled a tonne of gold while recruiting couriers on commercial flights.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Audiences first saw the chaos in 2002's 28 Days Later, which starred Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma amid the outbreak.Dave Quinn, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Abraham Accords offers the chance to have Israel, a trusted intermediary, help Washington and the Turkic nations better understand each other's goals.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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PBMs are intermediaries that negotiate prescription drug prices on behalf of employers, health plans and others, and reimburse pharmacies.Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Meyer was not the only high-level industry executive to fall because of an affair with Kirk: A year earlier, THR had revealed that Kevin Tsujihara, the married CEO of Warner Bros., engaged in a liaison with her and then pushed his subordinates to find her acting roles.Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sifakis’s resume includes as stint as assistant to the president and director of the office of public liaison during the first Trump administration.Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nvidia may hope to cut out the middleman by offering its chips directly to end customers rather than relying on the cloud vendors as intermediaries.Rob Toews, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Retailers must pay steep fees to these middlemen and often have no choice but to hold large amounts of cash in-store while waiting for a pickup.Joe Arrage, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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This means researching places like Domain Name Journal, Domain Name Wire, Website Magazine and other credible mediums to get an idea of what’s trending, what’s not and what brokers are making waves in the industry.Michael Gargiulo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Ohad Fisherman, a relative and also a real estate broker, is also charged in Florida but remains at large, state prosecutors said Wednesday.Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Among the alumni are former governors, a U.S. ambassador and numerous notable professional sports players and executives.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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In 2022, the Saudi ambassador in Beirut reported that the authorities in the kingdom had confiscated 700 million tablets smuggled from Lebanon since 2014.Tim Lister, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Go-between.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-between. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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