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
As with the Minuteman III, the difference between the number of missiles and silos has to do with arms treaty terms and test flight requirements.
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David Szondy
april 05, New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
And historians can talk about the Versailles treaty causing resentment in Germany, which led to the rise of Nazism in World War II, and that’s fine; that’s not excusing.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
The treaty, which still forms the basis of NATO today, consists of 14 Articles.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
Driven by the treaty, industry developed alternatives to CFCs faster than predicted, allowing multiple accelerations of the phase-out throughout the 1990s.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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David Szondy
april 05, New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
And historians can talk about the Versailles treaty causing resentment in Germany, which led to the rise of Nazism in World War II, and that’s fine; that’s not excusing.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
The treaty, which still forms the basis of NATO today, consists of 14 Articles.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
Driven by the treaty, industry developed alternatives to CFCs faster than predicted, allowing multiple accelerations of the phase-out throughout the 1990s.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for treaty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaty
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In a letter sent to Mayor Matt Mahan earlier this month, Susan Mizner, director emeritus of the Disability Rights Program for the ACLU, urged the city to reconsider and pointed out that the county is participating in the pact.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The movement stopped a trade pact with China from being implemented, created dozens of future political leaders and paved the way to the election of the Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate, Tsai Ing-wen.—
Michelle Kuo,
The Dial,
14 Apr. 2026
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Reasonableness, like tolerance, is best seen as a convention of restraint, sustained because everyone remembers, however vaguely, what happens when the treaty collapses.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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But before the general election, Stewart and two other candidates are scrambling for delegates who will vote on May 16 during the Republican Party’s convention at the Mohegan Sun casino.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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The incident comes at a key moment, as negotiators from Mexico, the United States and Canada work to revise a free-trade accord that is a linchpin of the Mexican economy.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The ruling party in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region reconstituted a parliament that had been disbanded as part of a postwar accord in 2022.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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