as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
has a black-and-white view of human nature, believing that there is no mediate state between good and evil
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as in to intervene
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 mediate
Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Instead, Durand recommended schools train existing staff or security officers to de-escalate fights and mediate conflicts.
—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Multiple international bodies help mediate those discrepancies, including the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
To this day, the United States sits at the center of many of the international institutions that govern the global commons, mediate disputes, and facilitate free trade.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Instead, Durand recommended schools train existing staff or security officers to de-escalate fights and mediate conflicts.
—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
Verb
For the past year, the U.S, Egypt, and Qatar have worked to mediate an end to the 15-month conflict and secure the release of dozens of hostages taken during Hamas' attack in October 2023.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Multiple international bodies help mediate those discrepancies, including the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Darnell Nurse — 84 The veteran got a late start to the preseason and looked behind for a time, but has been playing some of the best hockey through the halfway point of the schedule.Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Once enough people have donated enough money to reach the halfway point of an individual fundraiser's target, Damon and Bell will pay in the rest to get them over the line.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The United States designates the Houthis as a terrorist group, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, U.S. allies in the region, intervened in the civil war to fight against the Houthis.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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His middle brother Austin, a year younger than Allen, also wrestled.Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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Transcend showed that very few middle and high school students regularly have the opportunity to work this way.Shannon Doyne, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, however, Trudeau learned that the Chinese state had been interfering in Canadian elections for some time.David Frum, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Their agreeing to interfere came right after Trump spoke by phone with Alito, ostensibly about an applicant for an agency general counsel position that had been an Alito clerk.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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These include updates to the qualified intermediary withholding agreement (primarily relating to regs under section 1446(a) and (f)) starting for the 2023 calendar year and to the foreign partnership and trust withholding agreements (limited changes only) starting for the 2024 calendar year.Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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In the complaint, lawyers for the plaintiff list a number of other intermediary companies allegedly owned by the Amors, which share business addresses with some of their other companies.Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
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But the reality remains that after taking a platelet-rich-plasma injection for the medial tendinitis in his right foot on March 15, the plan, according to a source familiar with the approach, was a week off, followed by a two-week ramp up.Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
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The rules proposed by two state departments would have required the psychiatrists, endocrinologists and medial ethicists to have roles in creating gender-affirming care plans for clinics and hospitals.Hannah Schoenbaum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2024
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For many shoppers, smartphones played a central role.Melissa Repko, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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In between the longer shoulder buttons along the Joy-Con's inner edge (SL and SR) and a new central connector port, eagle-eyed viewers noticed what looks suspiciously like the optical sensor that sits on the bottom of practically every mouse these days.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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What To Know The median monthly housing payment hit a record of $2,920 in 2024, rising 4.3 percent from 2023 and 86 percent from 2019, according to .Robert Thorpe, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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That’s the median home price in the Pacific Palisades, according to Redfin.Ty Roush, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Mediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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