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as in treaties
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 agreements
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 pacts
The new trade pacts with Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam are set to unlock new investment and market opportunities, with practical impacts on sectors ranging from agriculture and energy to semiconductors and automobiles.
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Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Netflix and Comcast are themselves in advanced negotiations for their own pacts.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The cap situation was tight heading into the offseason, and things got more restrictive when Trent Frederic and Evan Bouchard signed long-term pacts.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Both Mays and Corbett are on one-year pacts.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the 21st century, several mutual defense pacts that looked ironclad on paper have collapsed under fire.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Stephane Mahe | Afp | Getty Images That led Macron to install minority governments that relied upon, and ultimately failed, due to precarious pacts and dealmaking.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Amazon has in recent months struck pacts with Netflix, SiriusXM and Disney to make more platforms available to advertisers seeking to use programmatic technology to pick up availabilities.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Netflix and Comcast are themselves in advanced negotiations for their own pacts.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The cap situation was tight heading into the offseason, and things got more restrictive when Trent Frederic and Evan Bouchard signed long-term pacts.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Both Mays and Corbett are on one-year pacts.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the 21st century, several mutual defense pacts that looked ironclad on paper have collapsed under fire.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Stephane Mahe | Afp | Getty Images That led Macron to install minority governments that relied upon, and ultimately failed, due to precarious pacts and dealmaking.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Amazon has in recent months struck pacts with Netflix, SiriusXM and Disney to make more platforms available to advertisers seeking to use programmatic technology to pick up availabilities.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacts
Noun
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In the 1700s, that began to change as American colonists took the land through brutal warfare, inequitable treaties and exploitative policies.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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The appropriations were meant to provide homes for the tribes in Northern California who were without lands due to unratified treaties.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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Trump announced agreements with four Southeast Asian countries.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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Other governments are signing nuclear cooperation agreements with Russia, China, and the United States.—
W. Gyude Moore,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Pacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacts. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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