pourparler

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Noun
  • On Thursday, the Challenger, Gray & Christmas consultancy reported that February saw the most job cuts announced in a single month since the early days of the pandemic, as the massive cuts called for by Elon Musk's DOGE project began to take effect.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • French auto consultancy Inovev has cut its forecast to 40% for 2030.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On Sunday, European leaders held an emergency summit in London to rally support for Ukraine as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to wrestle control of peace negotiations away from the US.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Ultimately, from the employee and front-line or middle manager perspective, an executive-level five-days-a-week mandate could be seen as the starting point for a negotiation, Tulane professor Christopher Lipp told Newsweek.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Think differently about leveraging your network and revamping recruitment processes to invite not just alignment but also active discourse and a two-way dialogue.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Gas prices have been contentious in the nation’s political discourse over the last few years.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the end, McConnell’s disquisition falls short in making the case for primacy.
    Reid Smith, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
  • As the childhood friendship between two future game-makers blooms into a rich creative collaboration and, later, alienation, the book becomes a dazzling disquisition on art, ambition and the endurance of platonic love.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 2024
Noun
  • And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
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“Pourparler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pourparler. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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