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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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Recent Examples of pact
The pact marks the latest collaboration for Runway, which last fall set an agreement with Lionsgate and last week got into business with Harmony Korine’s multimedia studio and tech boutique Edglord.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Finland, Sweden and Norway have also signed bilateral defense pacts with the United States in recent years.
—Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Stine Jacobsen, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
During the visit that followed the June 2024 incident, Putin and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un signed a landmark defensive pact.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Schuster said while changes would be needed to US law to enable the South Korean shipyard to begin fully constructing destroyers for the US Navy, the pact signed Monday could yield immediate benefits.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Finland, Sweden and Norway have also signed bilateral defense pacts with the United States in recent years.
—Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Stine Jacobsen, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
During the visit that followed the June 2024 incident, Putin and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un signed a landmark defensive pact.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Schuster said while changes would be needed to US law to enable the South Korean shipyard to begin fully constructing destroyers for the US Navy, the pact signed Monday could yield immediate benefits.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pact
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Over this period, Washington and Moscow have been engaging in serious efforts to limit and reduce their arsenals of nuclear weapons, sometimes through treaties and sometimes through unilateral initiatives conducted in parallel.—
Rose Gottemoeller,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump threatened earlier this year to levy additional tariffs against Mexico after the country missed the deadline to send over water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande River, stipulated by a 1944 treaty.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2025
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The agreement also has a joint research component where both companies will study and assess the actual effects of AI on professional tax preparation, with the goal of creating scalable solutions for future AI apps and solutions.—
Tor Constantino, MBA,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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If a deal is reached, sanctions would be imposed for any violation of the agreement or subsequent incursions into Ukraine.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Apr. 2025
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Leake, a fixture in local politics for decades, announced her own candidacy at Saturday’s convention.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Apr. 2025
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On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan had just finished speaking at a union convention and was emerging from the hotel when he was struck by a bullet from would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. .—
Major Garrett,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pact. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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