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
President George Washington testified before the entire Senate in 1789 about treaties with Native Americans.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Bilateral arms treaties are hard to achieve; multilateral arms treaties are exponentially more difficult.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Some of the loudest critics of the idea come from Indigenous communities, whose treaties with the Canadian state are older than the province of Alberta.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Federal courts in recent years have affirmed these treaties, and said the tribal rights listed in them are still valid.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Mutual legal assistance treaties and tax treaties can be used to identify overseas bank accounts.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Scott Lincicome, a trade policy scholar at the Cato Institute, warned Saturday that the new threat exposes the fragility of relying on unilateral deals rather than binding treaties.
—Kevin Breuninger,luke Fountain, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2026
Foreign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – oil flows, borders, treaties, fleets.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
Hamilton, wary of France’s descent into chaos and its aggressive wars, contended that treaties are contracts with specific regimes, not eternal bonds irrespective of change.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Bilateral arms treaties are hard to achieve; multilateral arms treaties are exponentially more difficult.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Some of the loudest critics of the idea come from Indigenous communities, whose treaties with the Canadian state are older than the province of Alberta.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Federal courts in recent years have affirmed these treaties, and said the tribal rights listed in them are still valid.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Mutual legal assistance treaties and tax treaties can be used to identify overseas bank accounts.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Scott Lincicome, a trade policy scholar at the Cato Institute, warned Saturday that the new threat exposes the fragility of relying on unilateral deals rather than binding treaties.
—Kevin Breuninger,luke Fountain, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2026
Foreign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – oil flows, borders, treaties, fleets.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
Hamilton, wary of France’s descent into chaos and its aggressive wars, contended that treaties are contracts with specific regimes, not eternal bonds irrespective of change.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaties
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Ricardo Sheffield, a prominent Morena senator who was previously a member of the center-right National Action Party, has called for a review of oil pacts with Cuba.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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During the same period, New Delhi finalized pacts with Britain, New Zealand and Oman.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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To do the job well, historical novelists must learn about the conventions of an era, the social and political tensions of the time even if these are only used to sketch out the background.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Training can help a person expect certain patterns, Andres added, which underscores when conventions are being followed or flouted.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
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Even as geopolitical alliances have been strained, the accords still stand—at least for now.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Philippines can also leverage multilateral accords like the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA)—which the bloc is set to sign in 2026—to secure its own future by setting broader goals which benefit all neighbors.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Treaties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaties. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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