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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.
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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
Pernod looks like an entente cordiale by comparison.
—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.
—The Economist, 5 July 2018
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
Pernod looks like an entente cordiale by comparison.
—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.
—The Economist, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entente cordiale
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Since the aging vessels of the shadow fleet do not meet these requirements, such a treaty would deny them entry into the straits.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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In 1992, more than 150 countries signed a UN treaty to limit the alarming rise of planet-heating pollution.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Vanderbilt student surveys and a resolution by the faculty senate have also demonstrated opposition to the compact.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Nov. 2025
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Partially used bottles of shampoo and expired compacts or foundation will definitely be thrown out.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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Particularly important has been Hamas’s long-standing entente with Islamic Jihad.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2025
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Central to this deal is the distinct entente between Putin and Bibi.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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Besides Adebayo, Miami’s only other available center was two-way contract player Vlad Goldin, who arrived from a G-League assignment but did not play.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Full-time faculty members on 12-month contracts commit to another 192 hours during TCC’s two summer sessions.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Board of Supervisors in September approved the settlement, which does not include any admissions of wrongdoing by the defendants, and attorneys for Dorotik and the county filed a joint motion to dismiss the case last week.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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One only needs examine recent settlements with CBS owner Paramount and ABC News as proof.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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In fact, the Catholic Church and many Protestant denominations do recognize the covenant.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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The demons transform into trauma, operating between flashbacks of the Santa Teresa covenant with bloody faces and slamming doors to the grocery store where Agnes works in the present.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Present-day Michigan is the ancestral homeland of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi, Anishinaabe peoples forming the historic Council of Three Fires alliance, with the Indigenous presence pre-dating European settlements by more than 10,000 years.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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In September, the company unveiled an alliance with Sky News, owned by parent Comcast, for international reportage.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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After the 2025 playoffs are over, there should be a better understanding whether the pros outweighed the cons with the new playoff brackets.—
Cecil Joyce,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
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The word salad of an assessment, based on an overwhelmingly white and wealthy cohort, has since guided billions of dollars in investor capital and serves as a nearly-undisputed foundation for a mainstream understanding of popular culture.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Entente cordiale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entente%20cordiale. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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