Thesaurus results for MIDDLEMAN

middleman

noun

ˈmi-dᵊl-ˌman

as in intermediary

one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement the retired statesman is often asked to be a middleman in international disputes

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Recent Examples of middleman Perry’s assistant and his friend, who admitted acting as the actor’s middlemen, are awaiting sentencing. —

Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 Two doctors, a middleman and Perry’s live-in assistant have all accepted plea deals, according to prosecutors. —

Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026 Erik Fleming, 55 of Hawthorne, acted as a middleman between Sangha and Iwamasa, according to prosecutors. —

Austin Turner, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026 Fans of peptides are increasingly cutting out the middleman and ordering directly from gray-market suppliers. —

Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middleman

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And so the degree to which that changes, the degree to which gas prices continue to fluctuate, and whether or not the administration can come to more agreement with Iranian officials and the intermediaries there in the Middle East, all of those factors are going to be important to watch.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Markiplier wants to become an aggregator himself, and beyond that, to advocate for a system where any filmmaker could access YouTube distribution without the intermediary.

— Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026