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
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat canceled a treaty of friendship with the USSR in 1971, and kicked all Soviet advisers out of the country.
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Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
As his first administration came to a close, Trump refused to agree to a simple, five-year extension of New START in favor of presenting to Moscow new conditions to continue the treaty.
—Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
Despite being a signatory to the Rome Statute – the treaty that established the court in 2002 – Mongolia extended a red-carpet welcome to the Russian leader.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
The paralysis is likely to mean that an emergency budget will need to be enacted, and the budget deficit — at twice the limits imposed by EU treaties — risks going largely unchanged for nearly another year.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
As his first administration came to a close, Trump refused to agree to a simple, five-year extension of New START in favor of presenting to Moscow new conditions to continue the treaty.
—Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
Despite being a signatory to the Rome Statute – the treaty that established the court in 2002 – Mongolia extended a red-carpet welcome to the Russian leader.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
The paralysis is likely to mean that an emergency budget will need to be enacted, and the budget deficit — at twice the limits imposed by EU treaties — risks going largely unchanged for nearly another year.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaty
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The pact will keep the six-time Pro Bowler off the free-agent market this offseason and under contract through the 2027 season.Doug Haller, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Jennifer Tilly assemblage is her, Sutton, and Kyle, and Sutton is talking about how Dorit has no idea what her sisterhood pact was all about.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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This culture of experimentation not only fosters originality but also empowers teams to challenge conventions and explore new solutions with confidence. Enable diverse thinking Finally, making use of diverse perspectives is essential for sparking fresh ideas.Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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In a most benevolent gesture, Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts has invited the most prolific home run hitter in franchise history, the man who sold more tickets to Wrigley Field than the beer and the ivy, to the team’s fan convention next month.Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Health Insurers as Pawns If a society conceives of health insurers as pawns, then efforts are applied to building systems to ensure that health insurers do what is right for patients and physicians because they cannot be trusted to do so on their own accord.Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Biden administration set ambitious new goals to slash US greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris climate accord, urging states and local governments to stay on course regardless of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to purposefully ignore climate change.Justine Calma, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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