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 And in the meantime, the Trump administration has rolled back almost every aspect of federal AI regulation and has essentially put on ice the international treaty effort that began with the Bletchley Declaration in 2023. Tamlyn Hunt, Scientific American, 22 July 2025 Moreover, the treaty does not allow for either party to unilaterally suspend the treaty, the ruling suggested. Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 16 July 2025 Human rights agencies repeatedly called for an international treaty ban on landmines, which eventually came into effect just months before Diana’s death in August, 1997. Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 16 July 2025 Despite both sides agreeing on the wording of a potential bilateral peace treaty in March, the talks on Thursday brought about little clarity on when the treaty could be finalized. Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for treaty
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  • Now the Abraham Accords—the U.S.-brokered normalization pacts between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan—might expand to include the most powerful Sunni Arab state, Saudi Arabia.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • Slater, a two-time Pro Bowler who’s tasked in protecting quarterback Justin Herbert’s blindside, is collecting $92 million in guarantee money on his four-year, $114 million pact.
    Jay Paris, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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  • Cincinnati's convention hotel developer Portman Holdings announced its acquisition of The Westin Cincinnati at 21 E. Fifth St. on July 31.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The guild said that convention resolutions passed included (but are not limited to): Advocacy for a federal film and television incentive (passed unanimously).
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
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  • Any deal will need to be approved by EU member states — whose ambassadors, on a visit to Greenland, were updated by the commission Sunday morning, and would meet again after any accord.
    Adam Erace, Fortune, 27 July 2025
  • The accord has unnerved leaders at college campuses across the country.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 26 July 2025

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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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