as in pacts
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 treaties
Hamilton, wary of France’s descent into chaos and its aggressive wars, contended that treaties are contracts with specific regimes, not eternal bonds irrespective of change.
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Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
This organization’s reports form the scientific understanding for UNFCCC discussions and treaties.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
The United States will withdraw from 66 international organizations and treaties, many of them relating to climate, environmentalism and science.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
After 15 years, Spanish troops dispersed the settlement—which had grown to 4,000, and had its own cavalry—but subsequent maroon groups forced colonizers to sign treaties with them.
—Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
There were some differences back then, and there was also a claim that the Panama Canal treaties gave a legal justification for the invasion, but otherwise the arguments are very similar.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Nuclear accident treaties require rapid notification when radiation could spread across borders.
—Jon Truby, Time, 29 Dec. 2025
Blockades are considered an act of war under some international treaties.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Unlike the United States or Russia, which have operated under arms control treaties for decades, China faces no such limits, signaling a new era defined not by two superpowers but by three nuclear peers.
—Naveed Jamali, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for treaties
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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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Israel has rejected any involvement of Hamas, which ran Gaza before the war, but has also opposed rule by the PA, the body set up under the Oslo interim peace accords three decades ago that has limited governing power in the West Bank.—
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Beyond violating the War Powers Act at home, the attack on Venezuela has undermined numerous international accords abroad, among them the OAS and UN Charters.—
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“Treaties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaties. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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