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
The list of eligible countries includes those as diverse as Albania to Togo, but a complete list of treaty countries can be found on the website of the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
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Sophie Alcorn, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Its proponent, David Seymour, argued parliament needed to define the principles of the treaty because definitions currently only existed in a series of court rulings made over decades – rather than in an act of parliament.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
As of October 2024, however, the U.K. has begun finalizing a treaty with Mauritius that would cede control of the islands while retaining a joint 99-year lease with the U.S. for Diego Garcia.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Egypt considered Israel to have breached the limits of military presence near areas demilitarized under the treaty, raising tensions.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Sophie Alcorn, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Its proponent, David Seymour, argued parliament needed to define the principles of the treaty because definitions currently only existed in a series of court rulings made over decades – rather than in an act of parliament.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
As of October 2024, however, the U.K. has begun finalizing a treaty with Mauritius that would cede control of the islands while retaining a joint 99-year lease with the U.S. for Diego Garcia.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Egypt considered Israel to have breached the limits of military presence near areas demilitarized under the treaty, raising tensions.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaty
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The leaders signed new pacts covering railways, trade, security, and technology, including plans for a Kenyan consulate in Guangzhou.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The company also struck a new distribution pact with DirecTV and expanded its portfolio of sports rights, securing the rights to broadcast the Olympics in Mexico through 2032.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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The most straightforward would be amending the Constitution, either by a two-thirds vote in Congress or by two-thirds of U.S. states agreeing to call a constitutional convention to propose the changes.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan had just finished speaking at a union convention and was emerging from the hotel when he was struck by a bullet from would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. .—
Major Garrett,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2025
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On the first day of his second term, Trump issued executive orders to withdraw from the UN Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization and imposed a 90-day pause on all delivery of U.S. foreign aid.—
Ngaire Woods,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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That years-long dispute eventually ended in 2020, when Trump signed the Phase-1 trade accord that mandated Beijing to purchase tens of billions of dollars in additional U.S. products (Beijing didn't keep to the terms, due in part to the global COVID-19 pandemic).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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