Thesaurus results for HONEST BROKER

honest broker

noun

as in mediator

one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement after all the bad blood on both sides, we need to find someone who hasn't been influenced and can act as an honest broker

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Recent Examples of honest broker Historically the pope is viewed as an honest broker in terms of international diplomacy that is at odds with a sitting president's worldview, but experts say there has never been a clash so public or personal. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026 Pakistan would need to stay the course as an honest broker and not get discouraged. —

Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026 And if the Republicans are willing to come to the table and be an honest broker, then yeah, because a government shutdown at the end of the day doesn't benefit anybody except President Trump. —

Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025 Recommended The Monitor's View Hungary as honest broker The chair of the German parliament’s defense committee was blunter. —

Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for honest broker

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Iran had warned that an Israeli attack on Beirut would renew full-scale war across the Mideast, even as Pakistan and other mediators try to restart talks between Tehran and Washington.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 8 June 2026
This new round of talks comes as Pakistan has been attempting to position itself as a regional mediator in the wake of the US-Iran war.

— Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 7 June 2026