Thesaurus results for ENTENTE

entente

noun

Definition of entente

as in treaty

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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

On Wednesday, von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU's first associate member -- a status that does not currently exist in the bloc's treaties and would have to be created.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Associate membership doesn't currently exist as a formal category under EU treaties, and any such arrangement would need to be created and ratified by member states.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of treaty

Noun

Trump also has been highly critical of NATO, arguing that European countries aren’t spending enough money on the military and thus aren’t paying their fair share of the alliance’s mutual defense.

— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Yet there is no pan-European alliance of the far right, in part because these parties champion their own national interests.

— Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of alliance

Noun

In recent years, Canberra has also inked mutual defense agreements with Fiji and Papua New Guinea alongside negotiations for a similar pact with Tonga; deals with Tuvalu and Vanuatu restrict them from security cooperation with Beijing.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The financials are also unmatched, with last year’s annual check to each franchise from 345 Park Ave topping $450 million from leaguewide deals, primarily driven by the NFL’s $125 billion in media pacts.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026