treaties

plural of treaty
as in pacts
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples in accordance with a treaty between the United States and the tribes of the Pacific Northwest, commercial fishing of certain kinds of salmon is limited to Native Americans

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Recent Examples of treaties Before Screen Scotland, Davis spent seven years as the BFI’s head of international, helping broker the organization’s co-production treaties with China and Brazil. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2026 Instead, Koenigsberg said the treaties largely eliminate that outcome. Joshua Hong, Fortune, 23 July 2026 This counsel recalls the approach of former President Ronald Reagan, when negotiating nuclear weapons treaties with the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026 While Switzerland is not a European Union member, it is deeply integrated into the European single market via a network of bilateral treaties. Justina Lee, CNBC, 14 July 2026 This countered the favorable conditions previously established under the Reciprocity treaties and drove down the value of Hawaii’s sugar exports in the following years, negatively impacting the business owners. Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 That pattern has held since the Revolutionary War, from the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II to today’s active-duty ranks, even as Native nations endured broken treaties, dispossession and federal violence at the hands of the government. Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 9 July 2026 The opinion was based on international treaties, like the Paris Agreement and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 One of the final treaties of World War I, the Treaty of Lausanne, was signed at Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, by Greece, France, Turkey, Britain, Italy, Japan, Romania and the then-Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. USA Today, 7 July 2026
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  • 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
  • But that framework would be governed by the two countries themselves, instead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which conventionally oversees nuclear pacts.
    Chris Boccia, ABC News, 22 July 2026
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  • Though the familiar tropes of YA storytelling exist throughout, the series engages with the genre’s conventions earnestly and with sincerity, says Halsall.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Kansas City Question 2 Question 2 asks Kansas City voters to approve a $100 million of bond financing to fund capital improvement projects for municipal conventions facilities and other government buildings.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • Sending energy down accords another of Caldwell’s principles of the body and that is balance.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Since 2020, some 60 countries, mostly Western ones, have signed the accords while many others, notably China, have declined.
    Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

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“Treaties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaties. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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