entente

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Recent Examples of entente In the Baltics and Taiwan similar ententes with Ukraine are under way. Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 But some multipolar systems have been stable and long lasting, such as the Congress of Vienna in 1815, an entente between Europe’s great powers that held for nearly a century. Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 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 See All Example Sentences for entente
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Noun
  • The physical border fence between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar was removed earlier this month, under a historic treaty between the EU and the UK.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The carve-out was troubling but also sort of moot, because the treaty had no meaningful enforcement mechanism.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • Kenny Omega retained his AEW World Championship against Kevin Knight, but the real story unfolded afterward as Will Ospreay dramatically defied the Death Riders, saving Omega from a post-match attack and hinting at a major shift in alliances.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Cycling’s beauty is in its unlikely alliances, the greatest classics rider of his generation and the greatest rider of any generation forged together on the Champs-Élysées, working together to find one of the lone prizes to have escaped them.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • After selecting Braden Smith 38th overall in the 2026 NBA Draft, the Pacers agreed to bring him in on a two-way deal, then the team signed Kobe Brown to a two-way pact early in the free agency period.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The pact will see ZDF’s on-demand content integrated into ProSieben’s streaming service, Joyn, from the fourth quarter of this year.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 July 2026

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“Entente.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entente. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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