under negotiation
idiom
: being discussed in a usually formal way in order to reach an agreement as to details
The contract is under negotiation.
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The second phase, which should have been under negotiation by now, was meant to arrange for the return of the remaining living hostages, believed to be twenty-four people, in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza—and a change of government there.
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Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
On Saturday evening, Mr. Trump ramped up pressure on Ukraine to sign the minerals deal, which has now been under negotiation for more than 10 days.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Perhaps an agreement between the United States and Europe, currently under negotiation and nowhere near completion, could actually raise U.S. labor standards to the more humane levels of the European Union—but that would require a lot of pressure from worker advocates.
—Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2015
The department had already been under negotiation with the federal government since the Justice Department issued a scathing rebuke of Minneapolis police in 2023.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
On Saturday evening, Mr. Trump ramped up pressure on Ukraine to sign the minerals deal, which has now been under negotiation for more than 10 days.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Perhaps an agreement between the United States and Europe, currently under negotiation and nowhere near completion, could actually raise U.S. labor standards to the more humane levels of the European Union—but that would require a lot of pressure from worker advocates.
—Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2015
The department had already been under negotiation with the federal government since the Justice Department issued a scathing rebuke of Minneapolis police in 2023.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Under negotiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20negotiation. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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