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 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 The agreement, which was up for renewal in 2023, received two six-month extensions before lapsing on Aug. 27 of this year, and its continuation had been under negotiation for months. —

Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2024 Cost sharing between Metro, master developer Fallon and other potential contributors, including TPAC, remain under negotiation. —

Cassandra Stephenson, The Tennessean, 22 Jan. 2024 The United States should also encourage China’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major regional free-trade agreement under negotiation. —

Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014 See all Example Sentences for under negotiation

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