as in pact
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 treaty
Some experts hoped a potential global plastics treaty, the subject of years-long negotiations, could boost efforts to regulate harmful chemicals, but the latest round of talks collapsed in failure in August.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
There are also treaties and orders that focus on education and spell out the federal government’s responsibility to help coordinate and give money to support tribal education.
—Cynthia Lindquist, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Indeed, Clara Films is one of several Latino companies setting up shop in Spain in order to better tap the country’s generous film incentives and expanding co-production treaties with a host of countries.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Trump slams climate change: 'The greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world'
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Trump ordered a second withdrawal by Washington from the 10-year-old Paris treaty, which aimed to prevent global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius through national climate plans.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
There are also treaties and orders that focus on education and spell out the federal government’s responsibility to help coordinate and give money to support tribal education.
—Cynthia Lindquist, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Indeed, Clara Films is one of several Latino companies setting up shop in Spain in order to better tap the country’s generous film incentives and expanding co-production treaties with a host of countries.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Trump slams climate change: 'The greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world'
02:01
Trump ordered a second withdrawal by Washington from the 10-year-old Paris treaty, which aimed to prevent global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius through national climate plans.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaty
Noun
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Variations on a theme These French mega-pacts aren’t the only examples of networks and streamers playing nice.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Yet the attack would provide the impetus for the peace pact.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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So far, the convention has debuted trailers for the more lighthearted Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and a Chris Pratt movie called Mercy, with more previews to come.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Republican Party of Arkansas wants a primary election -- not a convention of the delegates -- to select its nominee in the special election for the House District 70 seat formerly held by Carlton Wing, R-North Little Rock, party Chairman Joseph Wood said Thursday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Oct. 2025
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Ali said there have been other examples throughout world history of rebel groups cooperating with peace accords after long periods of fighting.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2025
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But the accords failed to resolve the Palestinian question, and opposition among some Egyptians would lead to Sadat's assassination in 1981.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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