How to Use reach a compromise in a Sentence

reach a compromise

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  • Talks have so far failed to reach a compromise.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Brown called on the city to reach a compromise with the union.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Ushakov cautioned that trying to reach a compromise could take a long time.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Both Kraft and Belichick should be smart enough to reach a compromise.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Repair would require both parties to want to reach a compromise, or one party to change their mind.
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Even as the blackout has ensued, the sides are continuing to try to reach a compromise.
    — William Earl, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • To that end, some analysts suspect the two sides may reach a compromise before the weekend.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Now, with no plan currently in place, city officials are trying to reach a compromise about what to do next.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2021
  • But ultimately, the two sides were unable to reach a compromise.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Lawler has portrayed the bill as a vehicle senators could use to reach a compromise.
    — Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • To craft a coalition agreement, the parties had to build consensus and reach a compromise.
    — Steven E. Sokol, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The transit district delayed the project in Del Mar for months in an effort to reach a compromise.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But the two parties have yet to reach a compromise on salary, healthcare, and special education.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • To work with their tenants to, to reach a compromise rather than just automatically throwing ‘em out on the street.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The good news is Washington appears to have plenty of time to reach a compromise on the debt ceiling before things get dicey.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The working group had initially marked the Christmas recess as a soft deadline to reach a compromise.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • In 2013, the teams were unable to reach a compromise on a scheduling conflict.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Morgan sees himself as the commission's problem-solver who will step in when the commission needs to reach a compromise on where the lines should be drawn.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2021
  • Joyce offered two concessions in an effort to reach a compromise and win Robinson’s approval.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Senate took the stance that there may be a way to reach a compromise by factoring in the cost of the old law or breaking out pieces of the spending package.
    — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Lutnick told Fox Business News that the tariffs would not be paused, but that Trump would reach a compromise.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Legislators will aim to reach a compromise in a conference committee over the next couple of weeks before the end of session.
    — Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • There is now an unprecedented willingness to reach a compromise on almost all sides of the conflict—except that of Hifter.
    — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2017
  • Ahead of the votes, Tillis said the partisan measures needed to fail before some Democrats might be willing to reach a compromise.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The two sides will bargain behind closed doors, and away from journalists and influencers, and eventually reach a compromise both can live with.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
  • Challenge them to reach a compromise to address their differences without jeopardizing the work.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • Airline operators and unions continue to urge lawmakers to reach a compromise and end the shutdown.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Legislature did not adopt either bill, as lawmakers encouraged the two sides to reach a compromise.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Some House Republicans were incensed at the extension, which is designed to buy more time to reach a compromise.
    — CBS News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The two parties are trying to reach a compromise, but the disagreement jeopardizes the city’s decadeslong plan to have its first four-year university.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023

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