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pacts

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plural of pact

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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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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 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

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International funding, Patil says, means long waits, complicated contracts and co-production treaties, and Indian filmmakers end up chasing the same grants as professionals from wealthier countries.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 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

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The latest agreements secure suppliers for two important aircraft systems, but Vertical must still complete development, integration, and regulatory certification before Valo can enter commercial service.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
RPOs are agreements to provide services that a company knows it will be paid for in the future—the revenue simply hasn’t been delivered yet.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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