treaties

Definition of treatiesnext
plural of treaty
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 On top of this, Australia has a range of excellent co-production treaties and incentives that invite international collaboration. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026 That has spurred renewed interest in a clause in the EU's foundational treaties about mutual assistance if a member nation is attacked. ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026 These proposals influenced numerous other declarations and treaties, including Europe’s Copyright for Creativity, the Access to Knowledge Treaty, and the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda. Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026 What are the major conventions and treaties? The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 Apr. 2026 There is no permanent civilian population in Antarctica, and political demonstrations there are extremely rare due to environmental restrictions and international treaties governing the region. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 But a series of court decisions in the past 50 years has given the executive branch more leeway to withdraw from treaties. Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 The world has spent 70 years building treaties, monitoring systems, and institutions to manage nuclear risk. Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 25 Mar. 2026 Congress ultimately rejected these treaties in a secret meeting — after pressure from the state — and failed to notify tribes, many of whom upheld their end of the agreement to relocate. Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • Pickett and Grier are signed to one-year pacts.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But the deals are done project by project, rather than via the older model of pacts that paid out millions in development funds and compensation over three or four years.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
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  • But then, the 2016 national party conventions gave Colbert the opportunity to push hard on political humor.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Merritt draws listeners’ attention to songwriting form, winking at its conventions and timeworn tropes.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Without academic excellence, social-justice education accords marginalized children neither education nor justice.
    Steven F. Wilson, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The most important parts of the accords, though, were not in the accords.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

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“Treaties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaties. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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