ententes

noun

plural of entente
as in treaties

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  1. treaties
  2. alliances
  3. pacts
  4. compacts
Noun
  • One example Khodarkovsky discusses has to do with making treaties.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Gone is a hadith likening Christians and Jews to maimed animals; 11th-grade students now learn about coexistence from the Prophet Muhammad’s treaties with Christians and Jews.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of treaties
Noun
  • Some fans prefer when the game has fewer twists that disrupt the natural flow of alliances and power structures.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
  • North Korea’s willingness to sustain such losses reflects the reach of Russia’s global alliances and Moscow’s need for extra manpower.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of alliances
Noun
  • NBCUniversal‘s Peacock launched a limited new membership program in a beta test with a variety of perks — aimed at keeping them from flying the coop as streaming subscribers, as well as driving incremental revenue from marketing pacts.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
  • On climate, liberals would offer tax rewards for green energy, support joining climate pacts, and phasing out fossil fuels gradually over decades.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of pacts
Noun
  • 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
  • The instinct might be to reach for sweeping alliance compacts, but that instinct should be resisted.
    — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of compacts
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“Ententes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ententes. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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