treaties

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 Canada has one of the densest networks of co-production treaties in the world, potentially opening access to more public funding options and giving the film recognition as a national production in both countries. — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 In a warning, the panel said the sector will remain vulnerable until Haiti accedes to international treaties regulating the trade. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 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 On Wednesday, von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU's first associate member -- a status that does not currently exist in the bloc's treaties and would have to be created. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026 Associate membership doesn't currently exist as a formal category under EU treaties, and any such arrangement would need to be created and ratified by member states. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 Europe offers Canada another path On Wednesday, von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first associate member — a status that does not currently exist in the bloc’s treaties and would have to be created. — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 After [World War I], there were international treaties placing limits on the use of chemical warfare in battle. — Laina Gustafson, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • 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
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  • Knowles pointed to the growth of Canva’s annual Canva Create fan conventions as an example of how the importance of experiential events for brands.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Stylistically, the sequence injects noir with the conventions of music videos.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Interim peace accords in the 1990s recognized their water rights but preserved a system that allocated some 80% of water pumped from the main aquifer for Israeli use.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The accords failed to stop the war, creating a frozen conflict with an ever-rising human toll that ultimately gave way to a full-scale invasion.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Treaties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treaties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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