entente

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Recent Examples of entente Particularly important has been Hamas’s long-standing entente with Islamic Jihad. Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025 Central to this deal is the distinct entente between Putin and Bibi. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 Allegedly, Gilles Jacob, the Cannes president at the time, had to jump in to soothe both parties toward an entente. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024 That all sounds nice, but their group was too small—only about twenty-five thousand members at its peak—to effect such an entente. John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for entente
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entente
Noun
  • This provision of the treaty had its detractors among Americans, though—specifically, those who were unhappy with the United States absorbing a considerable number of Roman Catholics, many of whom were not of exclusively European descent.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The 1975 Biological Weapons Convention, an international treaty prohibiting the production and use of bioweapons, contains no provisions for AI.
    Stephen D. Turner, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As the castle’s internal order collapses under the weight of a string of baffling crimes, Araki strikes a fragile alliance with Kuroda Kanbei – a razor-minded captive languishing in his own dungeon – in a race to root out a traitor before Oda’s army closes in.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The next priority would be the alliance’s 20th package of sanctions against Moscow, which imposes sweeping restrictions on Russian trade — including maritime oil transport, banking systems, and more tangible exports such as rubber and machinery.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In a letter sent to Mayor Matt Mahan earlier this month, Susan Mizner, director emeritus of the Disability Rights Program for the ACLU, urged the city to reconsider and pointed out that the county is participating in the pact.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The movement stopped a trade pact with China from being implemented, created dozens of future political leaders and paved the way to the election of the Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate, Tsai Ing-wen.
    Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026

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“Entente.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entente. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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