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
But the United States has never ratified the treaty.
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Eric Lipton, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
For most of that century it was operated by the US, before the Carter administration negotiated its handover to Panama in a controversial treaty opposed by many Republicans at the time.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Theoretically, yes: if the Trump administration withdraws from NATO, the treaty will remain in effect for the other 31 members.
—Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2025
State media reports said Kim and Shoigu reaffirmed their commitment to uphold a major mutual defense treaty agreed upon last year.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
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Eric Lipton, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
For most of that century it was operated by the US, before the Carter administration negotiated its handover to Panama in a controversial treaty opposed by many Republicans at the time.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Theoretically, yes: if the Trump administration withdraws from NATO, the treaty will remain in effect for the other 31 members.
—Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2025
State media reports said Kim and Shoigu reaffirmed their commitment to uphold a major mutual defense treaty agreed upon last year.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaty
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As part of the pact, Korine will also serve on the jury at Runway’s AI Film Festival that will take place at New York’s Alice Tully Hall and L.A.’s The Broad Stage Theater this June.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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That came after the British government’s rejection, on April 1, of an attempt by Europe to make London’s participation in a defense pact conditional on its readiness to allow EU fishing boats into British waters.—
Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr. 2025
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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And while in many categories a Super Bowl ad is no proof of the entrepreneurial, in January, Horwood and her team broke company and category conventions with a campaign to raise awareness and drive screenings for breast cancer.—
Seth Matlins,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, had said the accord was proving effective.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Today’s official kick-off follows the signing of an accord by representatives of the European Union’s European Investment Fund (EIF) in Paris on Friday committing €25M ($28.5M) to the fund.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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