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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 The project stems from Keshet Studios’ decade-long tenure at Universal Television under a string of first-look deals; the company is now developing projects for Sony Pictures Television under the first-look pact parent Keshet International recently signed there. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026 Saudi Arabia stepped in with $3 billion to plug the gap, building on closer ties that include a mutual defense pact. —

Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026 The conference includes 191 treaty parties and convenes every five years to review implementation of the pact aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026 According to Associated Administrators of Los Angeles/Teamsters Local 2010, which represents about 3,000 LAUSD administrators, roughly 96% of its members voted in favor of the labor pact. —

City News Service, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pact

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What Villars told me is that the ocean economy is entering a phase of decentralized and cross-sector collaboration, instead of grand inter-governmental treaties.

— Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026
In 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention, a worldwide treaty banning the use of chemical weapons and mandating the destruction of existing chemical weapons, went into effect.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026