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 treaty ended up displacing Potawatomi, Chippewa, Kickapoo and Odawa tribes.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
European co-producers got more good news on Wednesday when Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset unveiled a historic co-production treaty designed to help boost funding for ambitious cross-border European series.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
Today all but one of the nonnuclear countries of the world – South Sudan – are signatories to the treaty.
—Debak Das, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
But a series of court decisions in the past 50 years has given the executive branch more leeway to withdraw from treaties.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
European co-producers got more good news on Wednesday when Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset unveiled a historic co-production treaty designed to help boost funding for ambitious cross-border European series.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
Today all but one of the nonnuclear countries of the world – South Sudan – are signatories to the treaty.
—Debak Das, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
But a series of court decisions in the past 50 years has given the executive branch more leeway to withdraw from treaties.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaty
Noun
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The union is not releasing details of the pact until after union members participate in a ratification vote, which will take place within the next few days.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Brown told reporters the agreement with New Zealand didn’t affect his country’s other pacts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Meeting other vloggers at creator conventions like VidCon solidified her view.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2026
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According to a report from the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the scientists behind the material challenged six decades of convention by proposing their new composite material manufacturing method.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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The bill explicitly allowed county commissioners, pest control and abatement districts, and public health districts to take action on rats of their own accord.—
Mark Dee
March 31,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mabel quickly realizes that the glade’s inhabitants have not left of their own accord but have been pushed out by the scheming mayor, Jerry (Jon Hamm).—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Treaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaty. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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