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
What are the major conventions and treaties?
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 Apr. 2026
There is no permanent civilian population in Antarctica, and political demonstrations there are extremely rare due to environmental restrictions and international treaties governing the region.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
But a series of court decisions in the past 50 years has given the executive branch more leeway to withdraw from treaties.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
The world has spent 70 years building treaties, monitoring systems, and institutions to manage nuclear risk.
—Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026
Japan was then subjected to pressures and unequal treaties similar to those imposed upon China.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
Congress ultimately rejected these treaties in a secret meeting — after pressure from the state — and failed to notify tribes, many of whom upheld their end of the agreement to relocate.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Gulf countries’ security tie-ins with the US — from hosting American bases to huge hardware purchases and bilateral defense treaties — have been more of a liability than a source of protection over the course of the war.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Unijapan also serves as the secretariat for bilateral co-production treaties through the platform.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 Apr. 2026
There is no permanent civilian population in Antarctica, and political demonstrations there are extremely rare due to environmental restrictions and international treaties governing the region.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
But a series of court decisions in the past 50 years has given the executive branch more leeway to withdraw from treaties.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
The world has spent 70 years building treaties, monitoring systems, and institutions to manage nuclear risk.
—Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026
Japan was then subjected to pressures and unequal treaties similar to those imposed upon China.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
Congress ultimately rejected these treaties in a secret meeting — after pressure from the state — and failed to notify tribes, many of whom upheld their end of the agreement to relocate.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Gulf countries’ security tie-ins with the US — from hosting American bases to huge hardware purchases and bilateral defense treaties — have been more of a liability than a source of protection over the course of the war.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Unijapan also serves as the secretariat for bilateral co-production treaties through the platform.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaties
Noun
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Most of those deals have come on one-year pacts.—
Mike Kaye
April 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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While not exactly a feminist screed, the script grants nary a free pass to the glut of hackneyed gender conventions in the golden-age canon without at least cracking a joke.—
Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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With one month remaining before the state political conventions, the race for governor is heating up on the Republican and Democratic sides with charges, countercharges and brickbats.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Without academic excellence, social-justice education accords marginalized children neither education nor justice.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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The most important parts of the accords, though, were not in the accords.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Treaties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaties. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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