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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
The agreement calls for limiting warming to well below the 2-degree level over the long-term, though a single year at that mark would not break the pact’s goal.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Moscow’s stationing fission or fusion bombs in orbit would violate the Outer Space Treaty - the fundamental international pact that governs space missions across the solar system.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Yet, the average deal for an F1 team generated $6.22 million, more than eight times the average pact for an NFL team, which is $745,000, the SponsorUnited report said.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
The time has come for the United States to build a collective defense pact in Asia.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Moscow’s stationing fission or fusion bombs in orbit would violate the Outer Space Treaty - the fundamental international pact that governs space missions across the solar system.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Yet, the average deal for an F1 team generated $6.22 million, more than eight times the average pact for an NFL team, which is $745,000, the SponsorUnited report said.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
The time has come for the United States to build a collective defense pact in Asia.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pact
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The United States is one of the 184 countries, plus the European Union, that have signed the treaty.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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But even now, decades later, the U.S. has fewer missile interceptors deployed (44) than the treaty permitted (100).—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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During his first term, President Donald Trump pulled out of a Barack Obama-era agreement with Iran formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or simply as the Iran nuclear deal.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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President Donald Trump said in response to the latest exchange that the United States had not helped Israel carry out the attacks and urged Iran to come back to the negotiating table to sign a nuclear agreement that would avoid further destruction.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2025
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But as the decades rolled on, the conventions of these temples to excess calcified.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
14 June 2025
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Courtesy of Apple This year at WWDC 2025, Apple introduced a rather drastic change to its naming conventions.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
10 June 2025
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pact. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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