as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
the former diplomat is coming out of retirement to lend his talents as a peacemaker to these crucial negotiations
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Recent Examples of peacemaker
Three years into the war, my hopes for supporting peacemaker Zelenskyy lie in three directions, none of them assured.
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Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, attempting to play peacemaker, wound up getting shoved into the stands.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
The president's goal of being a global peacemaker, however, is facing new tests in the Middle East.
—Carlo Versano, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, attempting to play peacemaker, wound up getting shoved into the stands.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
The president's goal of being a global peacemaker, however, is facing new tests in the Middle East.
—Carlo Versano, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacemaker
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According to court papers, the case took a long time as the parties produced extensive evidence, including more than 910,000 pages of documents and multiple terabytes of click data from Google, and participated in six mediation sessions before four different mediators.—
Jonathan Stempel,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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And that then triggers these cells, called the mast cells, to release all these inflammatory mediators, like histamine and other kinds of mediators, like nutrients, which can have kind of profound effects.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Not content with scrapping his role as a club ambassador, United could look into selling Fergie as a commodity.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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In January, Trump named Gibson, along with Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight, as special ambassadors to Hollywood.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Such contract discussions often take until the last minute to get hammered out, but one detail about the hospitals spooked a North Texas health insurance broker who requested his name not be used out of job security concerns.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2025
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This was higher than a consensus figure of brokers polled by the group, of 178 million euros.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Peacemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacemaker. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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