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pact

noun

ˈpakt

as in treaty

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 agreement

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 pact Details of the tentative pact were first reported by the news outlet Axios. —

Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026 Conversely, the pact will bring more Mexican exports such as coffee, fruit and chocolate into European countries. —

Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 May 2026 No more crushes, no more secret pacts. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026 The two countries signed a separate defense pact this year that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other necessities when their forces stage joint training. —

ABC News, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pact

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The Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms control treaty signed by more than 190 states, that focuses on the production and use of chemical weapons, designates white phosphorus an incendiary agent rather than a chemical weapon.

— Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 June 2026
Xi’s visit coincides with the 65th anniversary of the two countries’ 1961 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, China’s only mutual defense treaty, which was signed less than a decade after Chinese troops fought with North Korea in the Korean war.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026