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Pact has "peace" at its root because a pact often ends a period of unfriendly relations. The word is generally used in the field of international relations, where diplomats may speak of an "arms pact", a "trade pact", or a "fishing-rights pact". But it may also be used for any solemn agreement or promise between two people; after all, whenever two parties shake hands on a deal, they're not about to go to war with each other.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The new three-year pact additionally requires management to give union members advance notice if the company plans to make the use of generative AI systems a requirement of their jobs.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
Kirk Franklin After making a pact on the 2022 Grammys red carpet to work together, the contemporary gospel legend sang on and/or lent direction of his eponymous Singers to multiple Vol. 4 tracks.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2025
The Padres had given Profar a three-year, $21 million deal before the 2021 season but the player exercised an opt-out clause after two seasons.
But betting on himself backfired, forcing Profar to play for much smaller one-year pacts two years in a row.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pact. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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nounMiddle English pact "agreement," from early French pact (same meaning), from Latin pactum (same meaning), derived from pacisci "to agree, contract"
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