How to Use negotiation in a Sentence

negotiation

noun

• We need a negotiation between the townspeople and mayor over the site of the new library.
• The college president was against any negotiation with the students.
• She is skilled at negotiation.
• Was that a tough negotiation to get the comms team to agree?
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022
• The negotiations are in such despair that the two sides cannot even agree on the basic state of play.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
• Here’s what all this means for the next few months of budget negotiations.
  — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2024
• What is the latest on the Ravens’ negotiations with Jackson for a longterm deal?
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2023
• Every union in town came out in support of the WGA, both during negotiations and after the start of the strike.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 June 2023
• The issue could come up again during the next round of negotiations.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
• The details of the negotiation haven't yet been released.
  — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
• The deal took seven years and thousands of hours of hearings and negotiations to reach.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
• The length of the next contract is still under negotiation, but Skoirchet said talks are pointing to four years.
  — Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• He has been largely shut out of any negotiations with the teams since the veto override.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• The state of those extension negotiations has been hard to pin down.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2023
• In an arms-length negotiation, the tribe and BNSF reached an easement agreement in 1991.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
• Bengals and Bates have been in negotiation process for some time now.
  — The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2022
• The response included the SWAT team as well as the hostage negotiation team.
  — Sheldon Gardner, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2023
• But the negotiations on it, and here's the issue, those big companies are able to offer it.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
• Nurses are pressing for a more than a 20% wage increase over the span of three years, which is among the negotiation process’s sticking points.
  — Allison Prang, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
• The union plans to build on the formula in future negotiations.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
• There is no negotiation when the government points a gun at your head.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 July 2022
• The level of the cap is still under negotiation in the European Union.
  — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
• Monday, Leclerc again spoke about the country’s price negotiations, the deadline of which is the end of January.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Jan. 2024
• What was that negotiation process like to return for season four and with a new network?
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2022
• Ideally for both sides, this negotiation is smoother than the last time around.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• Marks said Bridges was not made aware of their plans until negotiations were just about complete.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
• Often the threat of a walkout is enough for negotiations to begin.
  — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Only then did the Don slam the negotiation window shut.
  — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
• Workers at 77 King Soopers stores across the Denver metro area started a strike Thursday after months of negotiations between the union and the company and the expiration of their contract last month.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
• Several hostages remained captive in Gaza and the ceasefire deal included successful negotiations for the return of dozens of them.
  — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025