pacts

plural of pact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pacts New Delhi has maintained close ties with Moscow, including through energy and defense pacts, while also deepening its strategic relationship with Washington. ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 The financials are also unmatched, with last year’s annual check to each franchise from 345 Park Ave topping $450 million from leaguewide deals, primarily driven by the NFL’s $125 billion in media pacts. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026 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 Since the start of the free agency period, Indiana has signed Jalen Slawson and Kobe Brown to two-way contracts, and teams are permitted to have up to three players under two-way pacts at the same time. Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Although the text of the agreements hasn't been made public, the administration began announcing the pacts in the fall, starting with Pfizer. Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 July 2026 Australia and Fiji have agreed a new defence alliance, the latest in a series of regional pacts that could significantly alter the Pacific’s defence landscape. Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 16 July 2026 The big story From Europe to New Zealand and Russia to the Middle East, labor mobility pacts have become a common feature in many of the recent deals India has finalized with its trading partners. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacts
Noun
  • This is not, currently, an option for American productions which don’t have the mechanism, treaties, or federal tax incentive required for the lift.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026
  • King managed to take the suffocating history of the Indian — the treaties, the massacres, the Hollywood caricatures — and turn it into something conversational, even funny.
    Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Those activities would be conducted through separate agreements rather than being automatically authorized by the collaboration announced this week.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Vox Media is one of several publishers that have signed partnership agreements with OpenAI.
    Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Pacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacts. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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