pacts

plural of pact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pacts O’Connor will also be the BA team leader focused on first-look deals and overall pacts. — Peter White, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 Business also soared with ticket revenue up more than 25% and an annual sponsorship bump of $26 million, thanks to new pacts with Xfinity and Bank of America, as well as multiple extensions. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026 New Delhi has maintained close ties with Moscow, including through energy and defense pacts, while also deepening its strategic relationship with Washington. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 NBCUniversal‘s Peacock launched a limited new membership program in a beta test with a variety of perks — aimed at keeping them from flying the coop as streaming subscribers, as well as driving incremental revenue from marketing pacts. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 On climate, liberals would offer tax rewards for green energy, support joining climate pacts, and phasing out fossil fuels gradually over decades. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Since the start of the free agency period, Indiana has signed Jalen Slawson and Kobe Brown to two-way contracts, and teams are permitted to have up to three players under two-way pacts at the same time. — Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Although the text of the agreements hasn't been made public, the administration began announcing the pacts in the fall, starting with Pfizer. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 July 2026 Australia and Fiji have agreed a new defence alliance, the latest in a series of regional pacts that could significantly alter the Pacific’s defence landscape. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacts
Noun
  • International treaties and agreements govern the use and proliferation of the inputs used to create biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Most governments agreed to deal with them through a patchwork of treaties and multilateral bodies that sought to guarantee freedom of navigation in international waters and assign coastal seabeds to adjacent littoral states.
    — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Other laws, agreements and workplace rules can affect what happens from there.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That’s why Aston Martin has technology agreements in place with its current engine supplier, Mercedes-Benz, and EV-only Lucid.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Pacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacts. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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