How to Use treaty in a Sentence

treaty

noun

• The treaty had been a work in progress for nearly 20 years.
  — Naomi Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
• The case turns in part on a clause that’s found in no other treaty in Canada.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• What to know Why do Russia and the United States have an arms-control treaty?
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
• The 1835 treaty, like all such treaties ratified by the Senate, is part of the binding law of the United States.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
• Otherwise, the treaty is not worth the paper it is printed on.
  — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• There is no treaty committing the United States to come to Iraq’s defense.
  — Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
• The weapons are banned by treaty by more than 100 nations, but not by Russia, Ukraine or the United States, and both sides in the war have used them.
  — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• There was going to be a treaty to deal with climate change, and every nation was going to step up to the plate.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
• The British government maintains the treaty was legal, even if it was signed by a child under duress.
  — Gillian Brockell, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
• China has just a single treaty ally in the entire world—North Korea.
  — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2024
• This call comes on the heels of a recent multi-nation agreement to a United Nations treaty to protect the high seas.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2023
• The wording of the treaty creates a unique and artfully crafted holding pattern.
  — Elizabeth Buchanan, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
• An election surprise Much of the criticism surrounds the secrecy and timing of the treaty.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
• Cluster munitions, which spread small bombs over a wide area, are banned by treaty by many countries, but both Russia and Ukraine have used them for much of the war.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 July 2023
• This provision allows any state that is a party to the treaty to file a lawsuit against any other state party.
  — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Because the countries have no extradition treaty, some of the accused remain at large.
  — Brian Spegele, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022
• But the treaty does not come into force until eight key countries including the U.S. ratify the agreement.
  — Mathias Hammer, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
• There are certain instruments at the U.N. — for example, the human rights treaties — with which some of these commitments can be linked.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
• That includes some countries that don’t have extradition treaties with the United States, such as Switzerland and Ecuador.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
• After Putin's speech, the Foreign Ministry said Russia will respect the caps on nuclear weapons under the treaty.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
• And pairing them alongside this cycle that has been happening over and over again, where treaty rights have been denied, and then more land has been taken.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
• The labs referenced in the treaty are funded and operated by the Ukrainian government.
  — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• But cooperative talks on avoiding conflict and a couple of treaties led to the clock moving farther from midnight in the 1960s.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
• Mexico has accused Texas of violating two of its treaties with the United States, by installing buoys in the river.
  — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
• Dropping ratification of the test ban treaty merely puts it on a par with the U.S., which never ratified the accord.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
• During the seizure of Native lands in the 19th and 20th centuries, the U.S. government often promised to provide health care for tribes as part of treaty negotiations.
  — Christina Van Waasbergen and Alexa Erbach, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Most countries on Earth – 123 of them – are parties to the treaty, but there are notable exceptions, including Russia.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
• Other types of tax treaties are vetted and approved by the council, and even then the city has to seek approval from the R.I. General Assembly for a deal exceeding 20 years.
  — Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Australia stands out among Britain’s former settler colonies as the only country that doesn’t have a treaty with its Indigenous people.
  — Amy Gunia, Time, 20 Jan. 2023
• But the declaration in question isn't a treaty, which is a binding agreement between countries.
  — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024