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
The United States has signed the treaty but has not ratified it.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Undergoing demographic changes After Minnesota gained statehood in 1858, a series of broken treaties, armed conflicts and several laws forced Indigenous people onto reservations, opening up large swathes of land for white settlement.
—Daniel Cueto-Villalobos, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Kallas said reneging on that goes against EU treaties.
—Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Executives also hoped the approach might eventually serve as a blueprint for binding national regulations or even international treaties, Kaplan claims.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Undergoing demographic changes After Minnesota gained statehood in 1858, a series of broken treaties, armed conflicts and several laws forced Indigenous people onto reservations, opening up large swathes of land for white settlement.
—Daniel Cueto-Villalobos, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Kallas said reneging on that goes against EU treaties.
—Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Executives also hoped the approach might eventually serve as a blueprint for binding national regulations or even international treaties, Kaplan claims.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaty
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In reality, the new pact was a much lighter arrangement compared with the splashy (and very expensive) one that birthed Harry & Meghan, Polo and With Love, Meghan, among other projects.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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Japan and Canada will start negotiations aimed at achieving a defense pact that would simplify procedures for their miliary visits, joint exercises and other operations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Given these conventions, the markings visible on the bomb have led to speculation that the JDAM shown in the images could be configured with an incendiary-type payload rather than a standard high-explosive filling.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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For example, Allan Sekula did this photo essay about how a political convention really is in tension with what happens with the maquiladoras (factories) in Baja California, but also with commerce in the Pacific.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé unveiled a major reshufflng of his cabinet on Tuesday, retaining just five ministers in a new government largely consisting of untested figures endorsed by political parties and groups that recently signed a sweeping national accord.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé unveiled a major reshuffling of his cabinet on Tuesday, retaining just five ministers in a new government largely consisting of untested figures endorsed by political parties and groups that recently signed a sweeping national accord.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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