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pact

noun

ˈpakt

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 two countries have had several meetings about the pact since Iran began retaliatory attacks against its Middle East neighbors, including Saudi Arabia. —

Sara Gharaibeh, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 But the deals are done project by project, rather than via the older model of pacts that paid out millions in development funds and compensation over three or four years. —

Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 News of Lee’s new pact comes ahead of the world premiere for Beef Season 2 tonight at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026 In 2024, Bad Robot’s Warners deal was extended for another two years but became a nonexclusive, first-look pact. —

Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pact

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This provision of the treaty had its detractors among Americans, though—specifically, those who were unhappy with the United States absorbing a considerable number of Roman Catholics, many of whom were not of exclusively European descent.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
The 1975 Biological Weapons Convention, an international treaty prohibiting the production and use of bioweapons, contains no provisions for AI.

— Stephen D. Turner, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026