How to Use honest broker in a Sentence

honest broker

noun

• Since his time at H.U.D., Cuomo had held close to his public identity as the change agent, the last honest broker.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2021
• Its main function is to act as a device to allow Xi Jinping to pose as an honest broker.
  — The Editors, National Review, 28 Feb. 2023
• At the same time, there’s concern that there’s no industry titan who is viewed as an honest broker by both sides.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 July 2023
• The Palestinians have essentially cut off contacts and say the U.S. cannot be an honest broker.
  — Washington Post, 17 May 2018
• Palestinian leaders have said the Jerusalem decision means the United States can no longer be an honest broker.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2018
• And Merkel – in Germany, Europe and around the world – has earned a reputation as an honest broker and a reliable partner.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2021
• The assignment speaks to Perino’s growing role at Fox, and a sense that sources are trusting her as an honest broker of information.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018
• The Houthis have rejected a Saudi offer to host talks between Yemeni factions, saying Riyadh is party to the conflict and cannot be an honest broker.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
• An honest broker trapped in a wicked game, Marshall was in the end whipsawed by cultural and political forces beyond his ken.
  — James D. Hornfischer, WSJ, 3 May 2018
• Many of these sellers are great, but sometimes there are less-than-honest brokers out there pushing fake or low-quality products, as The Guardian reported in April.
  — Ian Paul, PCWorld, 2 July 2018
• Netanyahu, in his own remarks after the Davos meeting, said the U.S. was the only international party that could serve as an honest broker for a Mideast peace deal.
  — Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 26 Jan. 2018
• Many of these sellers are great, but sometimes there are less-than-honest brokers out there pushing fake or low-quality products, as The Guardian reported in April 2018.
  — Alaina Yee, PCWorld, 24 June 2019
• Greta Thunberg, the eighteen-year-old Swedish climate campaigner, may be the most honest broker left, and, though she wasn’t formally invited to speak in the hall, her voice has been loud on the streets of Glasgow.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2021
• Sometimes, being a frank and honest broker — and offering to talk things through and provide considerate feedback — is the best way to be supportive.
  — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• Sometimes, being a frank and honest broker – and offering to talk things through and provide considerate feedback – is the best way to be supportive.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2022
• In their view, Washington is not an honest broker, but a guarantor of Israeli impunity.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• There would be no honest broker to manage disagreements between Saudi Arabia and its Gulf coalition partners, whose forces are essential to the war effort.
  — Mike Pompeo, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
• In an effort to present itself as an honest broker in the war, ahead of Xi’s visit to Moscow, Beijing announced a 12-point plan for reaching a political settlement and ending the conflict.
  — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
• Neither especially loved nor feared by either side of this divide, an Asian American might become what the country can agree to settle on: an honest broker.
  — Wesley Yang, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2019
• In just 10 years, he has been considered an honest broker with many Republicans and become one of the more popular senators among colleagues.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
• Without the appellate body to act as honest broker, disputes between the biggest members may escalate.
  — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
• But in their opening comments, most every senator promised to be respectful, to ask tough questions and to ostensibly be an honest broker.
  — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
• There were many doubters before, but absolutely no one now can believe that the United States is an impartial or honest broker in mediating one of the most intractable conflicts in the Middle East.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• People familiar with his work style describe an honest broker who is diplomatic but direct.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2020
• Better than any adviser before or since, Scowcroft managed to balance the honest broker and policy adviser roles.
  — Ivo Daalder Chicago Tribune (tns), Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
• In London, Travers said, Byford has been able to position himself as a kind of honest broker between Khan and the national government whenever differences have flared.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
• How can any Arab nation trust the Trump Administration to be an honest broker in mide-east peace negotiations or any other negotiations?
  — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 10 Dec. 2017
• The real danger is that Icann will be intimidated, hurting the reputation for political independence of what should be the web’s honest broker.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2020
• All four men have deep religious and educational ties to Israel – factors that have undermined their legitimacy as honest brokers in the eyes of many Palestinians.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
• McMaster’s vision for the NSC was that of an honest broker, teeing up options for the president and mediating disputes among the various cabinet secretaries.
  — Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024