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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples
a pact between the two small nations to defend one another in case of attack
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as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
they made a pact to meet every week at the same time
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Recent Examples of pact
Schuster said while changes would be needed to US law to enable the South Korean shipyard to begin fully constructing destroyers for the US Navy, the pact signed Monday could yield immediate benefits.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The Excel agency that represents Tucker has negotiated the two biggest player contracts the Cubs have ever authorized — Dansby Swanson’s seven-year, $177 million deal and Jason Heyward’s eight-year, $184 million pact.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Corbett also re-signed with the team on a one-year, incentive-laden pact in March.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
Since the fall of Assad in December, Ankara has accelerated negotiations with Syria’s interim government over a potential defense pact.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The Excel agency that represents Tucker has negotiated the two biggest player contracts the Cubs have ever authorized — Dansby Swanson’s seven-year, $177 million deal and Jason Heyward’s eight-year, $184 million pact.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Corbett also re-signed with the team on a one-year, incentive-laden pact in March.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
Since the fall of Assad in December, Ankara has accelerated negotiations with Syria’s interim government over a potential defense pact.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pact
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The study authors suggest their findings could be helpful to the United Nations’ Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty to protect humans and the environment from the negative effects of the metal.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump threatened earlier this year to levy additional tariffs against Mexico after the country missed the deadline to send over water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande River, stipulated by a 1944 treaty.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2025
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So there’s a mutual agreement between the two, or mutual benefits, that are quite tolerable—or even pleasurable.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The agency’s chief financial officer, chief of staff, and chief risk officer are reportedly resigning over the agreement as well.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
14 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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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pact. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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