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 Villars told me is that the ocean economy is entering a phase of decentralized and cross-sector collaboration, instead of grand inter-governmental treaties.
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Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Mexican officials said existing bilateral treaties mandate strict confidentiality.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
On top of this, Australia has a range of excellent co-production treaties and incentives that invite international collaboration.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
That has spurred renewed interest in a clause in the EU's foundational treaties about mutual assistance if a member nation is attacked.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
These proposals influenced numerous other declarations and treaties, including Europe’s Copyright for Creativity, the Access to Knowledge Treaty, and the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
What are the major conventions and treaties?
—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
Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Mexican officials said existing bilateral treaties mandate strict confidentiality.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
On top of this, Australia has a range of excellent co-production treaties and incentives that invite international collaboration.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
That has spurred renewed interest in a clause in the EU's foundational treaties about mutual assistance if a member nation is attacked.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
These proposals influenced numerous other declarations and treaties, including Europe’s Copyright for Creativity, the Access to Knowledge Treaty, and the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
What are the major conventions and treaties?
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaties
Noun
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Pickett and Grier are signed to one-year pacts.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
30 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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Rather than a traditional museum setting, the library offers a more open environment, where viewers may come across the work outside the conventions of gallery behavior.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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The outcomes could be benign, tinkering around the edges of existing conventions, or more concerning limitations to the Fed's ability to use its balance sheet in a crisis.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
4 May 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 10 May. 2026.
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