entente cordiale

noun

Definition of entente cordialenext
as in treaty

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Recent Examples of entente cordiale The United States Tennis Association, under its former executive director, Gordon Smith, showed no interest in an entente cordiale. — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 11 May 2023 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. — John Bolton, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021 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. — The Economist, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entente cordiale
  1. treaty
  2. compact
  3. entente
  4. contract
  5. settlement
  6. covenant
  7. alliance
  8. understanding
Noun
  • The tragedy led to more than 120 countries signing the Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty that sought to prevent future incidents of mercury poisoning by regulating the handling and use of the metal.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The international treaty prevents countries from sending people to nations where they could be harmed.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of treaty
Noun
  • For the uninitiated, instead of a bottle or tube, these formulas are housed in a compact with a sponge saturated in foundation.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Cushion compacts have long reigned in Korea and Yves Saint Laurent Beauty put their spin on it with their new Skin Affair Cushion Foundation.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of compact
Noun
  • 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
Definition of entente
Noun
  • The Commanders missed their opportunity to build a contender during Jayden Daniels’ rookie contract window.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Oak Park and Evanston have decided to end their Flock contracts.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of contract
Noun
  • In the coming months, the city will provide updates to the court as part of their commitments detailed in the settlement, said Banks.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's ultranationalist government, settlement construction in the West Bank — seized by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war — has surged.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of settlement
Noun
  • The school also reclassified some restricted funds to satisfy bond covenants.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Interim operating covenants laid out in the merger agreement allow for WBD to run itself as an independent entity while the deal moves toward closing.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of covenant
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
  • Another key element to Rashford’s return has been his understanding with Shaw.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlas promises to make the job of biologists and medical researchers considerably easier, potentially speeding up the understanding of genetic diseases and the hunt for possible cures.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of understanding

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