en·tente cor·diale
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Definition of entente cordiale
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: entente sense 1
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: a friendly agreement or working relationship
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China on its periphery’s long arc from Japan across Southeast Asia out to India and Pakistan; Russia in Eastern and Central Europe; and the Russian-Iranian-Chinese entente cordiale in the Middle East.
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John Bolton, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021
Pernod looks like an entente cordiale by comparison.
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Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
Plane spotters attending the show, which by entente cordiale alternates annually with that in Paris, will be hoping for an appearance by one of the F-35 Lightning fighters delivered recently to Britain’s air force and navy.
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The Economist, 5 July 2018
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“Entente cordiale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entente%20cordiale. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of entente cordiale was in 1844
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