as in bargaining
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as in negotiating
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
had to haggle to get his friend to sell his guitar for 20 bucks
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Recent Examples of haggling
Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
This prospect adds urgency to the seemingly endless haggling among states along the river over a new agreement on sharing its water.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
The Pentagon’s position was that all of this petty haggling was moot.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
The funny part about the haggling and the desire to see his value on the open market was that Hendrickson’s value essentially landed at the same level where the Bengals placed it in recent years.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
That’s where the haggling would begin.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
That language was ultimately stripped from the bill in end-of-session haggling.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
After weeks of haggling with authorities, Rex Pereira secured three emergency visas to leave the oil tanker where he had been stranded for over a month.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
Airports across the country are bracing for another crush of weekend travelers as Congress keeps haggling over how to end the partial government shutdown that has driven mounting TSA staff shortages and the longest security wait times ever.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
The war galvanized them in a way that haggling over wages and hours no longer did.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
So, too, will the legislature’s third straight year of haggling over artificial intelligence regulations.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
After some haggling over price and exchange of coins, Pat persuaded an attendant to fill our plane tanks.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
His mother, the dancing, cursing, haggling aunt is now an arthritic septuagenarian.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
No desks stacked with laptops, no hurried haggling over prices in tight booths, no sense that collectors were racing against the clock.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
The haggling was still going on at deadline.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
This prospect adds urgency to the seemingly endless haggling among states along the river over a new agreement on sharing its water.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
The Pentagon’s position was that all of this petty haggling was moot.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
The funny part about the haggling and the desire to see his value on the open market was that Hendrickson’s value essentially landed at the same level where the Bengals placed it in recent years.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
That’s where the haggling would begin.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
That language was ultimately stripped from the bill in end-of-session haggling.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
These are not two sides haggling over price.
—Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
After weeks of haggling with authorities, Rex Pereira secured three emergency visas to leave the oil tanker where he had been stranded for over a month.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
Airports across the country are bracing for another crush of weekend travelers as Congress keeps haggling over how to end the partial government shutdown that has driven mounting TSA staff shortages and the longest security wait times ever.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
The war galvanized them in a way that haggling over wages and hours no longer did.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
So, too, will the legislature’s third straight year of haggling over artificial intelligence regulations.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
After some haggling over price and exchange of coins, Pat persuaded an attendant to fill our plane tanks.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
His mother, the dancing, cursing, haggling aunt is now an arthritic septuagenarian.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
No desks stacked with laptops, no hurried haggling over prices in tight booths, no sense that collectors were racing against the clock.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggling
Noun
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The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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The actors are heading back to the bargaining table with the major Hollywood studios.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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No need to worry about repairs, staging, open houses and negotiating.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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As a city that is always negotiating with modernity, the tradition of jol khabar remains a comforting anchor, binding generations to their cultural roots and evoking nostalgia.—
Madhushree Basu Roy,
Saveur,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The following months were filled with back-and-forth negotiations.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Trump said today that Iran is making an offer for negotiations but did not provide additional details.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The 49ers wound up dealing it to New England.—
Dave Campbell,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Winners Cleveland Browns General manager Andrew Berry and his staff took an aggressive approach to wheeling, dealing and stockpiling picks while filling multiple needs.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Paramount on Monday asked the FCC for authorization to include the royal families and other foreign investors to help finance the company’s proposed $81-billion transaction.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged Friday with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Haggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggling. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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