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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.
Examples of pact in a Sentence
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
That includes pacts with major broadcast groups including Nexstar, Gray, Sinclair, Tegna, Hearst, Sunbeam, Cox Media, Scripps, Weigel, Mission, News Press and Marquee.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
The 11th edition, or pact as the brand calls it, was finished in añejo tequila barrels to give it an earthy, agave-forward twist to the palate—a first for this whiskey-collector favorite.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
In recent years, the Biden administration bolstered these ties with the goal of containing China, launching a pair of strategic security pacts — one among the U.S., Japan and South Korea and the other, known as AUKUS, with the U.K. and Australia.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Pact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pact. Accessed 7 Apr. 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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