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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples
a pact between the two small nations to defend one another in case of attack
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as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
they made a pact to meet every week at the same time
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Within the long-term overall deal is a separate long-term pact covering short-form clips, highlights and shows from NBCU premium programming on YouTube.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
John Kell OpenAI, Databricks inks AI agents pact.
—John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
That August, a reporter for El Faro, a prominent investigative news outlet, was chasing an exclusive story to expose the gang pact.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
The trade pact is also a one-off, unsupported by any institutional infrastructure.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
John Kell OpenAI, Databricks inks AI agents pact.
—John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
That August, a reporter for El Faro, a prominent investigative news outlet, was chasing an exclusive story to expose the gang pact.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
The trade pact is also a one-off, unsupported by any institutional infrastructure.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pact
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Both Israel and the United States are not party to the Rome Statute, which is the treaty that established the ICC and have not consented to its jurisdiction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Following the attack, Saudi Arabia, the dominant GCC country, concluded a mutual defense treaty with Pakistan, a military powerhouse with nuclear weapons.—
Firas Maksad,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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The league and its players are currently in a tense collective bargaining agreement negotiation, as the current deal will expire at the end of this month.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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Shah, co-director Rahul Rohatgi and Chakraborty went to the Dallas convention in 2021, hoping to make connections for their project.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Usually, at book conventions, there’s only a handful of authors of color or Latina authors.—
Amanda Rosa
October 3,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pact. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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