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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples
a pact between the two small nations to defend one another in case of attack
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as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
they made a pact to meet every week at the same time
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Recent Examples of pact
Killebrew, who spent 20 years with the Dallas Mavericks, including as the team’s chief revenue officer, hailed the PPA’s Carvana pact as the model for what MLP was seeking.
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Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Early in Trump’s presidency, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and advisors like Peter Navarro hinted at updating the pact to send the Chinese yuan soaring.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Maryland will not be getting a squadron of fighter jets from the D.C. Air National Guard after all, a White House official said Friday — marking the apparent end of the road for the state’s pursuit of the elite flying mission that was part of a pact last year involving D.C. and RFK Stadium.
—Meagan Flynn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2025
The nine-theater commitment builds upon a previous 2023 pact that called for eight Imax systems, effectively tripling the partners’ footprint since early last year.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Early in Trump’s presidency, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and advisors like Peter Navarro hinted at updating the pact to send the Chinese yuan soaring.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Maryland will not be getting a squadron of fighter jets from the D.C. Air National Guard after all, a White House official said Friday — marking the apparent end of the road for the state’s pursuit of the elite flying mission that was part of a pact last year involving D.C. and RFK Stadium.
—Meagan Flynn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2025
The nine-theater commitment builds upon a previous 2023 pact that called for eight Imax systems, effectively tripling the partners’ footprint since early last year.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pact
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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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The goal is to comply with the climate initiates of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty signed in 2015 to prevent climate change.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Funds will go toward materials, communication and transportation, property insurance, contractual maintenance agreement and equipment repairs, according to budget documents.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Internal Revenue Service has also been working on an agreement with immigration agencies to share individual taxpayer data about undocumented migrants, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.—
Aaron Navarro,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Photo of the day: Cute at CinemaCon The biggest names in Hollywood are unveiling their buzzy new movies at CinemaCon 2025, the Las Vegas convention for theater owners.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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At CinemaCon, the annual convention for movie theater owners in Las Vegas, studio executives Courtenay Valenti and Sue Kroll shared a few details about the latest entry in the franchise.—
Elizabeth Stanton,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pact. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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