How to Use mediator in a Sentence

mediator

noun
  • That’s what makes the U.S. a valuable mediator to both the Israelis and the Arabs.
    — Mario Loyola, National Review, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The first step would be for mediators to bring both sides to the table.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
  • And don’t make your child a mediator or a weapon in those fights.
    — Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Cory as rogue agent plays mediator and Devin announces that CT wants Josh as the house vote.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Those that don't will be assigned a mediator by the state and have 30 days to settle the dispute.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2021
  • That led Glenn and two of her colleagues to found the Collective, which serves as a kind of mediator.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • There is no lateness to set, there is no mediator for months on end.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Since 2007, Cheatham, who is black, has worked in our schools as a peer mediator (as the position is known).
    — Jim Shultz, The New York Review of Books, 7 July 2020
  • The three sources said the mediators are now waiting for Hamas' response.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Guerrero said the district is scheduled to meet with the union and a state mediator on Friday.
    — CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Qatar is one of the leading mediators attempting to secure a deal, along with the U.S. and Egypt.
    — NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Hamad claimed Netanyahu is trying to buy time and called on the U.S. and the other mediators to press Israel.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Qatar has been a longtime mediator between the West and the Taliban.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Berri served as the mediator between Hezbollah and the US in talks last year to reach a ceasefire with Israel.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
  • For all those reasons, the idea that China might serve as a neutral mediator to help end the war never had much of a chance.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2022
  • There’s even a credit for once working with — and, at one point, being a girl group mediator for — the Spice Girls on Spice World.
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Instead, the court ordered the parents to meet with a mediator.
    — Vic Ryckaert, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2020
  • At the same time, board members met with mediators to try to work out a settlement.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Howard, Sandpiper, the mediator — all of that is largely beside the point.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2022
  • The terms of the agreements, reached last month through a mediator, were not disclosed in court documents.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Some five years on, the way the talks floundered and then failed can offer lessons about the challenges today’s would-be mediators now face.
    — Anna Batta, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
  • The statement underlined the fragility of the deal reached last month with Egyptian and Qatari mediators and backed by the United States.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Egypt and Qatar have served as key mediators with Hamas in the indirect talks with Israel.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • But when the mediator (Robert Smigel) asks them to begin, Nicole puts a stop to the process by refusing to read her piece or to hear Charlie read his.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The network is funded by the Qatari government, which has been a key mediator in cease-fire talks.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
  • Since then, Qatari and Egyptian mediators have been trying to bridge the gaps between the parties.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Hall said he's served for the past seven years as a mediator in family court.
    — John Simerman, NOLA.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • In December, talks reached an impasse, and a state mediator was brought in, the school workers union said.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The mediators and the U.S. would provide assurances about talks to end the war, but Israel isn't committing to that as part of the latest proposal, the official said.
    — arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2025
  • The mediators and the U.S. would provide assurances about talks to end the war, but Israel is not committing to that as part of the latest proposal, the official said.
    — Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025

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