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as in consensuses
the state of being of one opinion about something
we were in agreement about one thing at least: that we'd never worked so hard in all our lives
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as in pacts
an arrangement about action to be taken
we finally reached an agreement regarding a fair division of the housework
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Recent Examples of agreements
Phelps was also lauded for expanding NASCAR's international footprint, securing long-term media rights and charter agreements, and building a leadership team that is focused on building the future of stock car racing with fan experience at its core.
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Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2026
The two countries signed dozens of bilateral agreements, including in a 20-year cooperation deal to repair and overhaul Venezuelan refineries and enhance military relations.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
The fees in question at Monday’s meeting are for a design review application, an environmental consultant, and the city attorney’s work on development agreements, among other things.
—JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
The toolkit is expansive and includes tariffs, equity stakes, revenue-sharing deals, regulatory leverage, investment-for-market-access agreements.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Be willing to talk about scary subjects in an effort to find agreements that work.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Conversations, decisions and agreements contribute to the trajectory of your relationships and plans.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Disney, Dish contends, uses carriage agreements to stipulate that the licensing of popular ESPN networks requires distributing less desirable content.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
That said, these agreements often come with legal strings attached.
—Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreements
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With cultural consensuses in disrepair and taste informed by an ever evolving spate of social media and streaming platforms, mainstream music trends were almost reliably fractious.—
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Many of the massive overall pacts made that year with top talent have since been succeeded by first-look pacts, which reflect the current economic realities by lowering the studios’ financial commitment while giving creators and producers more flexibility.—
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In its final outing, the show’s central characters Damini, Umang, Anjana and Siddhi return with what the streamer describes as the mother of all pacts.—
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What tabloid dross tends to obscure is his impressive career—first as a star dancer at the New York City Ballet, then as a roving choreographer of complex, dynamic work that is rooted in balletic conventions but not restricted by them.—
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Presidential nominating conventions, which happen every four years, are where Democratic and Republican party delegates formally select their presidential candidates.—
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Israeli defense exports rose 13% last year, with major contracts signed for Israeli defense technology including its advanced multi-layered aerial defense systems.—
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The contracts mostly were for time-sensitive disaster response work.—
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And as states started to abandon Common Core, school controversies began to focus less on standards and achievement than on competing understandings of America itself.—
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This ambitious agenda puts the spotlight on the country’s sports diplomacy, in which athletic endeavors serve as an arena for gaining influence, cultivating international leadership, interacting with foreign audiences, and facilitating conversations that can lead to better understandings.—
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“Agreements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agreements. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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